Comparison of Shear Strength Measurements with the Laboratory Vane Shear and Fall-Cone Devices.

Abstract

Strength values measured with laboratory vane shear and fall-cone devices were compared. Approximately 100 shear strength tests were made on sections of cores from the following areas: Hudson Canyon, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, Mississippi Delta, and Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho. (Author)

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Nov 01, 1968
• Accession Number: AD0847767

Entities

People

• Newell T. Stiles
• Richard S. Kessler

Organizations

• Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Buildings And Structures
• Continents
• Geographic Regions
• Measurement
• Mechanical Properties
• Mississippi
• North America
• Physical Properties
• Research Facilities
• Shear Properties
• Shear Strength

Readers

• Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
• Geotechnical Engineering.
• Oceanography.