An instrumented oedometer was designed and constructed for the purpose of investigating at-rest and compaction-induced earth pressures in moist soils. The device has a split oedometer ring, and horizontal stresses are measured using load cells which support one half of the ring. Rapid cyclic loading was applied to compacted soil specimens, using a digital pressure regulator and a computer-based data acquisition system. The performance of the device was validated by performing tests on silicon rubber and Monterey sand. / Ph. D.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/28272 |
Date | 12 July 2007 |
Creators | Ishihara, Katsuji |
Contributors | Civil Engineering, Duncan, James Michael, Brandon, Thomas L., Kriz, Ronald D., Kuppusamy, Thangavelu, Martin, James R. II |
Publisher | Virginia Tech |
Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Dissertation, Text |
Format | xvii, 362 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Relation | OCLC# 29179678, LD5655.V856_1993.I834.pdf |
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