In materials science, a triaxial shear test is a common method to measure the mechanical properties of many deformable solids, especially soil (e.g.,...

for test on discontinuities. Geotechnical investigation Shear strength (discontinuity) Tilt test (geotechnical engineering) Triaxial shear test Bardet...

moment diagrams Shear rate Shear strain Shear strength Tensile stress Triaxial shear test Hibbeler, R.C. (2004). Mechanics of Materials. New Jersey USA: Pearson...

Laboratory tests using soil samples subjected to hydraulic experiments Field tests (on site, in situ) that are differentiated into: small-scale field tests, using...

Thixotropy is a time-dependent shear thinning property. Certain gels or fluids that are thick or viscous under static conditions will flow (become thinner...

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zones, is an example of this. Shearing in soil mechanics is measured with a triaxial shear test or a direct shear test. Shear strength Terzaghi, K., 1943...

A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to assess the particle size...

stability, and a narrow stem with graduations for measuring. The liquid to test is poured into a tall container, often a graduated cylinder, and the hydrometer...

amplitude shear strain. This is a soil test-based definition, usually performed via cyclic triaxial, cyclic direct simple shear, or cyclic torsional shear type...

easily identified using X-ray diffraction rather than chemical or physical tests. Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers that are formed...

This is essentially due to a decrease in the shear strength of the slope material, an increase in the shear stress borne by the material, or a combination...

Soil mechanics Soil stabilization Subsidence Triaxial shear test Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shear strength (soil). Heyman, J. (1972), Coulomb's...

tests measure the "accessible void", the total amount of void space accessible from the surface (cf. closed-cell foam). There are many ways to test porosity...

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monitoring wells or piezometers. Samples collected from boreholes are often tested in a laboratory to determine their physical properties, or to assess levels...

the laboratory using direct shear test, triaxial shear test, simple shear test, fall cone test and (hand) shear vane test; there are numerous other devices...

the vadose zone to be deposited in pore space. ASTM American Standard of Testing Materials: 200 sieve – 0.005 mm. USDA United States Department of Agriculture...

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the thickness of the infill and height of asperities. Direct shear test Triaxial shear test Hoek, E.; Bray, J. (1974). Rock slope engineering. London: Institute...

In most cases, the rupture speed approaches, but does not exceed, the shear wave (S-wave) velocity of the surrounding rock. There are a few exceptions...

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mechanics, stress triaxiality is the relative degree of hydrostatic stress in a given stress state. It is often used as a triaxiality factor, T.F, which...

 631. ISBN 0136427103. "ISO 14688-1:2002 – Geotechnical investigation and testing – Identification and classification of soil – Part 1: Identification and...

also commonly used. From the Annual Book of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards, the total evaporable moisture content in Aggregate...

excavation depth. Slurry wall design is undertaken based on bending moment and shear envelope obtained from the stress analysis. In the design of such underground...

construction of a new test well, it is considered best practice to invest in a complete battery of chemical and biological tests on the well water in question...

stretched clay lumps (a phenomenon called boudinage) and zones of concentrated shear. Debris flow deposits take the form of long, narrow tracks of very poorly...

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