CALCULATION OF ELASTICITIES AND SETTLEMENTS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME AND HIGH STRAINS FROM SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS

Measurements of moduli by shear wave methods are made in short times and for low strains. Calculations of settlements of foundations require data corresponding to longer times and often to greater strains. The time dependence may be described by a mathematical model of the generalized viscoelastic solid where the characteristics are shown by the damping factor (1/q) as a function of time. (1/q) is also a known function of strain and so the time and strain dependence of the moduli may be found. Settlement curves are compared with experimental data for loaded pads on boulder clay. (Author/TRRL)

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 397-405
  • Serial:
    • GEOTECHNIQUE
    • Volume: 33
    • Issue Number: 4
    • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
    • ISSN: 0016-8505

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00382106
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM