Horizontally Mounted Bender Elements for Measuring Anisotropic Shear Moduli in Triaxial Clay Specimens

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-144

  Pennington, Derek S ^a   Nash, David F T ^a   Lings, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bender elements; Clays; Dynamic testing; Shear modulus; Triaxial testing

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLAY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; PROBES; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES;

ANISOTROPIC STRESS; BENDER ELEMENTS; COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC TESTING; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; TRIAXIAL TESTING;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0000929347     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11333j     Document Type: Article

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