UNDISTURBED SAMPLING AND CYCLIC LOAD TESTING OF SANDS

Contents: Undisturbed Sampling of Sands; The Sampling Disturbance in Sands: Its Evaluation and Influence on Strength Properties; Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Tube-Sampling on Cyclic Strength Characteristics of Sands; Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Block Sampling on the Cyclic Strength Characteristics of Sands; Undisturbed Sampling of Sands by Freezing and Coring; Influence of the Disturbances caused by Sample Transportation and Sample Handling in the Laboratory on Cyclic Strength Characteristics of Sands; and Conclusions.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Earthquake Engineering Research Center
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Authors:
  • Singh, S
  • Seed, H B
  • CHAN, C K
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 145 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Core samples; Cyclic tests; Dynamics; Equipment tests; Freezing; Handling characteristics; Laboratory tests; Load tests; Measurement; Repeated loads; Samples; Sampling; Sand; Soils; Strength of materials; Stresses; Test procedures; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling; Preparation; Soil dynamics; Triaxial stresses
• Old TRIS Terms: Core sampling; Coring; Soil sampling; Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Transportation (General); I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00327612
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB/EERC-79/33
• Contract Numbers: DACW39-77-M-0859, DACW39-78-M-2016
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM