Effect of Filling Humidity on the Propagation of High-Amplitude Stress Waves through an Artificial Joint

The purpose of this article is to further investigate the seismic response of an artificial filled joint under high-amplitude stress waves considering the effect of filling humidity, following our earlier work on dry infill. A steel split Hopkinson pressure bar system is utilized to induce high-amplitude stress waves to the filled joint. In this study, the wet infill is a mixture composed of quartz sand, kaolinite clay, and water. It is found...