Measuring anisotropic elastic properties of sand using a large triaxial specimen

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-420

  Hoque, Eqramul ^a,b   Tatsuoka, Fumio ^c   Sato, Takeshi ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automation; Elasticity; Local strain measurements; Poisson's ratio; Sand; Triaxial testing system; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AUTOMATION; CONTROL; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STRAIN; STRESSES; TESTING;

AXIAL LOAD; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; POISSON RATIO; TRIAXIAL TESTING SYSTEM;

SAND;

EID: 0030378253     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10718j     Document Type: Article

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