Digitally Controlled Simple Shear Apparatus for Dynamic Soil Testing

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 368-377

  Duku, P M ^a   Stewart, J P ^a   Whang, D H ^b   Venugopal, R ^c  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

digital control; dynamic soil testing; multidirectional loading; simple shear

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMAND SIGNAL; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED; DYNAMIC SOIL TESTING; MULTIDIRECTIONAL EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; MULTIDIRECTIONAL LOADING; SERVOHYDRAULIC; SIMPLE SHEAR; SOIL SPECIMENS; TESTING MACHINE; COMMAND SIGNALS; CONTROL CAPABILITIES; CROSS COUPLINGS; DIGITAL CONTROLS; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; FEEDBACK SIGNALLING; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; MULTIPLE-INPUT , MULTIPLE-OUTPUT; TESTING MACHINES; UNSATURATED SOIL;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 48449096779     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ100518     Document Type: Article

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