A triaxial shear test is a common method to measure the mechanical properties of many deformable solids, especially soil (e.g., sand, clay) and rock,...
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for test on discontinuities. Geotechnical investigation Shear strength (discontinuity) Tilt test (geotechnical engineering) Triaxial shear test Bardet...
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moment diagrams Shear rate Shear strain Shear strength Tensile stress Triaxial shear test Hibbeler, R.C. (2004). Mechanics of Materials. New Jersey USA: Pearson...
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density Triaxial shear test Direct shear test Relative density Oedometer test for consolidation California bearing ratio (CBR) Permeability tests (constant-head...
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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...
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Soil mechanics Soil stabilization Subsidence Triaxial shear test Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shear strength (soil). Heyman, J. (1972), Coulomb's...
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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...
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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...
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amplitude shear strain. This is a soil test-based definition, usually performed via cyclic triaxial, cyclic direct simple shear, or cyclic torsional shear type...
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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...
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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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Hydraulic conductivity (section Pumping Test)
Laboratory tests using soil samples subjected to hydraulic experiments Field tests (on site, in situ) that are differentiated into: small-scale field tests, using...
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Sieve analysis (redirect from Gradation test)
A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to assess the particle size...
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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...
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Soil mechanics (section Shear tests)
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...
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ratio Direct shear test Hydrometer Proctor compaction test R-value Sieve analysis Triaxial shear test Oedometer test Hydraulic conductivity tests Water content...
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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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ratio Direct shear test Hydrometer Proctor compaction test R-value Sieve analysis Triaxial shear test Oedometer test Hydraulic conductivity tests Water content...
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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...
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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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Geotechnical investigation (section In situ tests)
test ASTM D2166. This test compresses a soil sample to measure its strength. The modifier "unconfined" contrasts this test to the triaxial shear test...
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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...
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characteristics Multiphase fluid flow in porous media Florida Method of Test For Concrete Resistivity as an Electrical Indicator of its Permeability Archived...
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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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also commonly used. From the Annual Book of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards, the total evaporable moisture content in Aggregate...
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failure modes. Amorphous metal Deformation (engineering) Triaxial shear test Adiabatic shear band Bigoni, D. Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: Bifurcation Theory...
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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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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...
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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...
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631. ISBN 0136427103. "ISO 14688-1:2002 – Geotechnical investigation and testing – Identification and classification of soil – Part 1: Identification and...
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