A Triaxial Testing System to Evaluate Stress-Strain Behavior of Soils for Wide Range of Strain and Strain Rate

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-60

  Santucci De Magistris, Filippo ^a   Koseki, Junichi ^a   Amaya, Munenori ^b   Hamaya, Shoji ^c   Sato, Takeshi ^a   Tatsuoka, Fumio ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Musashino Doshitsu Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elastic properties; Local strain measurement; Small cyclic loading; Small strain stiffness; Strain rate; Triaxial compression test

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CREEP; CYCLIC LOADS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AGEING; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EQUIVALENT YOUNG'S MODULUS; PRACTICAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; SMALL-STRAIN STIFFNESS; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TRI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 0002188316     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11315j     Document Type: Article

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