SOIL CHARACTERISATION USING A REPEATED LOADING CUBICAL TRIAXIAL APPARATUS

In order to fully analyze three-dimensional pavement structures it is necessary to characterize the various materials in terms of consummate constitutive relationships. Such relationships can only be derived experimentally by using apparatus in which all three principal stresses or strains can be independently varied. In this paper the authors review recent progress that has been made in the development of both cubical triaxial tests and repetitive stressing apparatus. The development of a new apparatus which permits the three principal stresses applied to a cubical soil specimen to be independently varied with load repetition is described. Some characteristics of the elastic and plastic deformations of a sandy clay subjected to repeated loading are then reported. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • MAKIUCHI, K
  • SHACKEL, B
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 22-40
• Serial:
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; Deformation curve; Elastic deformation; Mathematical models; Pavement layers; Plastic deformation; Properties of materials; Repeated loads; Sandy clays; Soils; Triaxial shear tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement structure; Triaxial testing machine
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil characteristics
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149471
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM