EFFECT OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON WAVE PROPAGATION PARAMETERS

The behaviour of particulate materials is directly affected by their fabric, the imposed state of stress and the inherent characteristics of particles, for example mineralogy, size, material strength and stiffness, angularity and surface characteristics. In general, the characteristics of individual particles have limited effect on the large-strain macrobehaviour of soils. However, experimental results obtained by the authors and other researchers show that the properties of particles do affect small-strain parameters. The purpose of this note is to review the effect of surface characteristics on soil phenomena, and to report experimental results on the role of surface roughness on wave propagation parameters. (A)

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  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Santamarina, C
  • Cascante, Giovanni
• Publication Date: 1998-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 129-36
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Friction; Particles; Soils; Texture; Waves
• ITRD Terms: 5595: Deformation; 5452: Friction; 4511: Particle; 4156: Soil; 3053: Surface texture; 6767: Wave
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747510
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 28 1998 12:00AM