Measurement of low-strain material damping and wave velocity with bender elements in the frequency domain

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1032-1040

  Brocanelli, Diego ^a   Rinaldi, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bender elements; Frequency analysis; Material damping; Shear modulus; Silica sand; Wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SHEAR WAVES; STRAIN; VELOCITY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

DAMPING RATIO; DRY SILICA SAND; ISOTROPIC CONFINEMENT; PIEZOCERAMIC BENDER ELEMENTS; TRAVEL TIME; TRIAXIAL CELL;

SILICA SAND;

DAMPING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOIL DYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032322294     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-058     Document Type: Article

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