Automated true triaxial apparatus and its application to over-consolidated clay

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ye, Guan Lin ^a   Sheng, Jia Ren ^a   Ye, Bin ^b   Wang, Jian Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic control; Electro pneumatic regulator; Over consolidated clay; True triaxial apparatus

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PRECISION; CORNER EFFECTS; ELECTROPNEUMATIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; INITIAL STIFFNESS; INTERFERENCE PROBLEMS; LOADING DEVICES; LOADING PATTERNS; LODE ANGLE; LONG-TERM MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MIXED-BOUNDARY; NORMALLY CONSOLIDATED CLAY; OVERCONSOLIDATED CLAYS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RESEARCH GROUPS; TRUE TRIAXIAL APPARATUS; TRUE TRIAXIAL TESTS; VOLUME CHANGE;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PNEUMATICS; PROCESS CONTROL; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION;

LOADING;

CLAY MINERAL; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; PRESSURE EFFECT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; VOLUME;

CHUBU; FUKUI; HONSHU; JAPAN; LAOS; MATSUOKA; NAKAI PLATEAU;

EID: 84865257010     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ104260     Document Type: Article

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