Difference between current and voltage measurements in resonant-column testing

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 806-820

  Cascante, Giovanni ^a   Vanderkooy, John ^a   Chung, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Damping ratio; Mechanical waves; Resonant column testing; Shear modulus; Wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SOILS;

SHEAR-STRAIN LEVELS;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ELECTRICAL METHOD; RESONANCE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL DYNAMICS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 0142122912     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-023     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Aggour, M.S., Taha, M.R., Tawfiq, K.S., and Amini, F 1989. Cohesive soil behaviour under random excitation conditions. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 12(2): 135-142.
2. Alarcon-Guzman, A. 1986. Cyclic stress-strain and liquefaction characteristics of sands. Ph.D. thesis, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
3. Amini, F., Tawfiq, K.S., and Aggour, M.S. 1988. Cohesionless soil behaviour under random excitation. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, 114(8): 896-914.
4. ASTM. 2000. Soil and rock (D4015). In 2000 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 4.08. American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 462-482.
5. Bourbie, T, Coussy, O., and Zinszner, B. 1987. Acoustics of porous media. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Tex.
6. Cascante, G., and Santamarina, J.C. 1997. Low strain measurements using random noise excitation. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 20(1): 29-39.
7. Cascante, G., Santamarina, J.C., and Yassir, N. 1998. Flexural excitation in a standard resonant column device. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 35(3): 488-490.
8. Cascante, G., Vanderkooy, J., and Chung, W. 2003. A new mathematical model for resonant-column measurements including eddy-current effects. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. Accepted for publication.
9. Drnevich, V.P., and Richart, F.E., Jr. 1970. Dynamic prestraining of dry sand. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Divisions, ASCE, 96(SM2): 453-469.
10. Drnevich, V.P., Hardin, B.O., and Shippy, D.J. 1978. Modulus and damping of soils by the resonant-column method. In Dynamic geotechnical testing. American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication STP 654, pp. 91-125
11. Electric Power Research Institute. 1993. Guidelines for determining design basis ground motions. TR-102293, Research Project 3302, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, Calif.
12. Ewins, D.J. 1988. Modal testing: theory and practice. Research Studies Press Ltd., Taunton, Somerset, U.K.
13. Frost, J.D. 1989. Studies on the monotonic and cyclic behaviour of sands. Ph.D. thesis, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
14. Hardin, B.O., and Music, J. 1965. Apparatus for vibration of soil specimens during triaxial test. In Instruments and apparatus for soil and rock mechanics. American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication STP 392, pp. 55-74.
15. Hewlett-Packard Company. 1994. HP-35670A operator's guide. Hewlett-Packard Company, Everett, Wash.
16. Isenhower, W.M. 1980. Torsional simple shear/resonant column properties of San Francisco Bay mud. M.Sc. thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex.
17. Lewis, M.D. 1990. A laboratory study of the effect of stress state on the elastic moduli of sand. Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex.
18. Li, X.S., Yang, W.L., Shen, C.K., and Wang, W.C. 1998. Energy-injecting virtual mass resonant column system. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 124(5): 428-438.
19. Morris, D.V. 1990. Automatic feedback system for resonant column testing. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 13(1): 16-23.
20. Ray, R.P., and Woods, R.D. 1988. Modulus and damping due to uniform and variable cyclic loading. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 114(8): 861-876.
21. Richart, F.E., Jr., Hall, J.R., and Woods, R.D. 1970. Vibration of soils and foundations. Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
22. Santamarina, J.C., Klein, K.A., and Fam, M.A. 2001. Soils and waves. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England.
23. Stokoe, K.H., Hwang, S.K., Lee, J.N.-K., and Andrus, R.D. 1995. Effects of various parameters on the stiffness and damping of soils at small to medium strains. In Pre-failure defromation of geomaterials. Edited by S. Shibuya, T. Mitachi, and S. Miura. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 785-816.
24. Wang, Y.H., Cascante, G., and Santamarina, J.C. 2003. Resonant column testing: the inherent counter emf effect. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE. In press.
25. Wilson, S.D., and Dietrich, R.J. 1960. Effect of consolidation pressure on elastic and strength properties of clay. In Proceedings of the ASCE, Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, Research Conference on Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils, Boulder, Colo. 13-17 June. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York. pp. 419-435.
26. Woods, R.D. 1978. Measurement of dynamic soil properties. In Proceedings, ASCE Specialty Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Pasadena, Calif., 19-21 June 1978. Vol. 1. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York. pp. 91-178.
27. Yong, R.N., Akiyoshi, T., and Japp, R.D. 1977. Dynamic shear modulus of soil using a random vibration method. Soils and Foundations, 17(1): 1-12.
28. Yu, P., and Richart, F.E. 1984. Stress ratio effects on shear modulus of dry sands. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, 110(3): 331-345.
29. Zemanek, J., Jr., and Rudnick, I. 1961. Attenuation and dispersion of elastic waves in a cylindrical bar. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 33: 1283-1288.