EFFECTS OF RATE OF STRAIN ON STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF SATURATED SOILS

Abstract

Investigations were made of the effect of strain rate on the stress vs. strain behavior of two saturated soils. Included are: (a The results and analysis of a series of static triaxial compression tests on a saturated Loess, (b) The results and analysis of a series of rapid triaxial compression tests on a saturated Loess, and (c) The results and analysis of a series of rapid triaxial compression tests on a saturated clay. The static triaxial tests were important in consistently and fully describing the patterns of behavior of the soil during very slowly applied stresses and served as prerequisites to the rapid triaxial tests. The tests performed at rapid rates of strain were of a preliminary nature and the conclusions drawn are to be used in planning a compreh nsive program investigating the effects of strain rate on the stress- strain behavior of saturated soil. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0272653

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  • Archie M. Richardson Jr.

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Contracts
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Engineering
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  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Pore Pressure
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Saturated Soils
  • Shear Strength
  • Shear Stresses
  • Strain Rate

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  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.