New local system of measurement of axial strains for triaxial apparatus using LVDT

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 436-444

  Ibraim, E ^a   Di Benedetto, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Large strain; Local system device; LVDT; Prefailure; Sand; Small strain; Triaxial; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS; SAND; SENSORS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

LARGE STRAIN; LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMERS (LVDT); LOCAL SYSTEM DEVICE; PREFAILURE; SMALL STRAIN;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 24644457219     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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