Experiments and Modeling of High Strain Rate Effects in Sands and Clays

Abstract

Elastic Behavior of Soil: Majority of the research during the first year was focused on developing a resonant column testing system suitable for performing experiments on both sand and clay. The research effort concentrated on developing testing procedures for saturated cohesive soil. Methods were established to obtain uniform and repeatable specimens of Kaolin clay for a known stress history and initial void ratio. The end platens were suitably modified to avoid multiple degrees of freedom under resonance. Significant improvements were also made to automate the data acquisition and interpretation related to resonant column testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381697

Entities

People

  • Dayakar Penumadu
  • Jerry A. Yamamuro

Organizations

  • Clarkson University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cameras
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Cohesive Soils
  • Data Acquisition
  • Granular Materials
  • High Speed Cameras
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Photographs
  • Pore Pressure
  • Soils
  • Strain Rate
  • Stresses
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design