ACOUSTIC EMISSION RESPONSE OF DRY SOILS

An investigation into the acoustic emission response of a series of axially stressed dry soil samples is presented in this study. The correlation between acoustic emissions and strain is noted and strongly suggests that acoustic emission monitoring of soil masses may lead to a nondestructive field evaluation technique. Preliminary insight into the fundamental mechanism of acoustic emissions in dry soils is presented. It is seen that granular soils yield higher accumulated emission counts than fine-grained soils. The summary curves which are presented show this clearly defined trend and can be regarded as laboratory calibration curves for the soils which were tested.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Lord Jr, A E
  • Koerner, R M
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 159-162
• Serial:
  • Journal of Testing and Evaluation
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • ISSN: 0090-3973
  • EISSN: 1945-7553
  • Serial URL: https://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/TESTEVAL/index.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic properties; Axial loads; Granular soils; Mechanical strain; Nondestructive tests; Pollutants; Sampling; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Axial stress
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil sampling; Strains
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098539
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM