DYNAMIC HIGH STRESS EXPERIMENTS ON SOIL

The split-Hopkinson pressure bar SHPB technique has been adapted to measure the dynamic response of soil to impulse loads. The experimental technique is relatively simple and can investigate soil response in regimes beyond the capabilities of current equipment used for dynamic soil laboratory investigations. Soils have several characteristics that must be considered in designing a SHPB experiment and evaluating the data (for example, low wave speeds, nonlinear hysteretic behavior, and low unconfined compressive strength compared to the applied loads). Insight has been gained as to how these factors affect experimental accuracy and data reliability. It has been shown that the experimental assumptions can be satisfied and that the experimental results can be replicated.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Felice, C W
  • Gaffney, E S
  • Brown, J A
  • Olsen, J M
• Publication Date: 1987-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 192-202
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Testing Journal
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: ASTM International
  • ISSN: 0149-6115
  • EISSN: 1945-7545
  • Serial URL: https://www.astm.org/products-services/standards-and-publications/geotechnical-testing-journal.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Experiments; Impacts; Loads; Properties of materials; Soil tests; Soils; Stresses
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil characteristics
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00464644
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1987 12:00AM