DENSITY VARIATION IN SPECIMENS SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC AND MONOTONIC LOADS. DISCUSSION

This is a discussion of a paper of this title by P.A. Gilbert and W.F. Marcuson III published in Volume 114, No. 1 (January) of this journal. The discusser notes that there is a much more fundamental reason for pore-pressure and density redistribution in a cyclic triaxial test than is assumed in the original paper, namely, the occurrence of a dynamic instability in the soil. The discussers give an explanation for internal density redistribution. Although the cyclic triaxial test will remain useful in the exploration of fundamental behavior, and possibly for sensitive silts, and clays, the practising profession will continue the move towards in-situ tests.

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• Discussers:
  • Morris, D
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1179-83
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Density; Field tests; Instability; Pore pressure; Repeated loads; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Monotonic loading
• Old TRIS Terms: Insitu methods
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488434
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM