CREEP OF SAND-ICE SYSTEM

Unconfined uniaxial creep tests were conducted at -8.5 degree C on sand-ice samples with an average wet density of 124 pcf (1,986 kg/m3). The samples were 94% water saturated, on the average, prior to freezing. Thus the data represent the behavior of slightly undersaturated frozen sands. Stress-strain data for different durations of loading were obtained by replotting the creep data. Values of the stress characterizing the change in stress-strain relations are confirmed by creep rate-stress data. It is shown that use of a single continuous stress function to represent stress-strain data in models must be limited to either stresses greater than, or less than, the limiting long-term strength. A single continous stress function cannot represent realistically the entire stress range. /ASCE/

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• Authors:
  • Rein Jr, R G
  • Hathi, V V
  • Sliepcevich, C M
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 115-128
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: GT2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Creep; Deformation curve; Frozen soils; Ice; Mechanical tests; Sand; Saturated soils; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Creep rate; Uniaxial testing
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083653
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCR #11134 Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM