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Title:

EFFECT OF VARIATIONS IN POISSONS RATIO ON SOIL TRIAXIAL TESTING

Accession Number:

00233663

Record Type:

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Abstract:

THE EFFECT OF VARIATIONS IN POISSONS RATIO ON THE APPARENT ELASTIC MODULUS AND THE APPARENT POISSONS RATIO AS DETERMINED FROM A CONVENTIONAL SOIL TRIAXIAL TEST IS INVESTIGATED. THESE PARAMETERS, THE APPARENT ELASTIC MODULUS AND THE APPARENT POISSONS RATIO, ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE TRUE ELASTIC CONSTANTS APPEARING IN HOOKES LAW . HOWEVER, ASSUMING THAT THE SOIL BEHAVES ELASTICALLY, THE TRUE ELASTIC CONSTANTS, YOUNGS MODULUS OF ELASTICITY AND POISSONS RATIO, CAN BE DETERMINED BY APPLYING CORRECTIONS TO THE APPARENT VALUES OBTAINED IN TRIAXIAL TESTING. CURVES SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE TRUE AND APPARENT PARAMETERS ARE SHOWN. NUMERIAL SOLUTIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR THREE VALUES OF POISSONS RATIO AND TWO VALUES OF HEIGHT TO DIAMETER RATIO. /AUTHOR/

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Monograph Title:

Mechanics in earth masses

Monograph Accession #:

01410063

Authors:

Moore, William M

Pagination:

pp 19-30

Publication Date:

1966

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 108
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices (3) ; Figures (4) ; References (8) ; Tables (10)

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Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Nov 18 1994 12:00AM

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