The investigation considered effects of on-going or previous drained creep on the low amplitude dynamic shear modulus of normally consolidated artificial and natural clay soils. Resonant column tests using the Hardin and Hall devices determined the low-amplitude shear modulus. Results indicated that the strain-rate of on-going creep determined the kind of effect on shear modulus. High strain-rates produced reduced values whereas low strain-rates slightly increased values of modulus, compared to the no-creep values. Previous creep produced higher values of modulus, when the clay was tested under after-creep isotropic confinement. The rate of secondary increase of shear modulus was not affected by the drained creep action. The behaviors of the remolded kaolinite clay and the undisturbed natural clay were remarkably similar
