Abstract:In order to study the influence of the shear properties at the steelsoil interface with dryingwetting cycles on the softening deformation of soil around the steelcasing rocksocketed pile, initial samples with a certain moisture content, dry density, and gradation were designed. And shear tests on the steelsoil interface and soil body were carried out in five cases, including a initial state and four different numbers of dryingwetting cycles. In each case, samples were subjected to four vertical pressures: 50kPa, 100kPa, 150kPa, and 200kPa. The results show that the influence of dryingwetting circles on the shear strength of soil is greater than that on the shear strength of the steelsoil interface. During the shear process, there is an elasticplastic stressstrain relationship, and no strainsoftening phenomenon occurs at the steelsoil interface under dryingwetting circles. With the increase of the number of dryingwetting circles, the friction angles of the steelsoil interface and soil change little, while their cohesive forces increase first and then decrease.