Effect of state of stress on velocity of low-amplitude shear waves propagating along principal stress directions in dry sand
Abstract
The effect of state of stress on shear wave velocity was examined for shear waves propagated as body waves through a sand mass. Testing was performed in a triaxial testing device, which was designed to hold a cubic soil sample measuring 7 ft (2.1 m) on a side and which was used to apply an isotropic, biaxial or triaxial state of stress to the sample. The triaxial device is essentially a steel box, constructed of reinforced steel, which uses rubber membranes to apply a confining pressure along each of the principal axes.
- Publication:
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Texas Univ., Austin Report
- Pub Date:
- March 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982uta..reptR....K
- Keywords:
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- Propagation Velocity;
- S Waves;
- Sands;
- Stress Analysis;
- Wave Propagation;
- Accelerometers;
- Anisotropy;
- Particle Motion;
- Pressure Gradients;
- Stress-Strain Relationships;
- Communications and Radar