Application of a Soil Cap Model to Ground Motion Analyses

Abstract

A soil cap model was analyzed and an equation-of-state based on this model was developed and implemented in a one-dimensional, wave-propagation code. The model was used to match laboratory data of a sand material and to estimate the dynamic in-situ properties of a clay material from Cylindrical In-Situ Test (CIST) data. Comparisons were made between the experimental data and the results obtained with the cap model and another constitutive model; both models gave similar results with the cap model providing slightly better agreement with the experimental data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA053694

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  • Joseph J. Fedock

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  • University of New Mexico

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  • C4I
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  • Civil Engineering
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  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Plastic Properties
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Radial Stress
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  • Strain Hardening
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  • Wave Propagation
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