TEST PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE RESILIENT PROPERTIES OF GRANULAR MATERIALS

RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION INDICATE THAT THE NUMBER OF STRESS REPETITIONS AND THE STRESS SEQUENCE HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE RESILIENT BAHAVIOR OF GRANULAR MATERIALS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF A CHANGE IN RESILIENT BEHAVIOR WITH CHANGES IN LOAD DURATION OR FREQUENCY. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS IS THAT THE RESILIENT RESPONSE DETERMINED AFTER 150 TO 200 REPETITIONS WILL PROVIDE A REASONABLE INDICATION OF RESILIENT PROPERTIES FOR A MATERIAL SUBJECTED TO A COMPLEX STRESS HISTORY. FINDINGS ALSO INDICATE THAT THE RESPONSE TO STRESSES OF DIFFERENT INTENSITIES CAN BE MEASURED IN ANY SEQUENCE ON A SINGLE SAMPLE. FURTHERMORE, THE RESPONSE CAN BE DETERMINED USING EITHER STATIC OR DYNAMIC TRIAXIAL LOAD TESTS.

• Authors:
  • Kalcheff IV
  • Hicks, R G
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 472-9
• Serial:
  • Journal of Testing and Materials
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Granular materials; Load tests; Loads; Properties of materials; Resilience (Materials); Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217943
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1974 12:00AM