A Study of Soil Microstructure Using Bender Element Tests

Location

San Diego, California

Presentation Date

29 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Abstract

An application of bender elements to measure the effect of soil microstructure in shear wave velocity is presented. A testing program was carried out on Mexico City sediments using a triaxial cell fitted with bender elements. Shear wave velocities were measured during isotropic consolidation and during failure. From the results of these tests simple expressions were obtained which describe the variations of shear wave velocity with the current state in terms of the effective stress and axial deformation.

Author

J. Abraham Díaz-Rodríguez, National University of Mexico, Mexico
Pedro Moreno-Carrizales, National University of Mexico, Mexico
Luis López-Flores, National University of Mexico, Mexico

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Meeting Name

4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Document Version

Final Version

Rights

© 2001 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.

Creative Commons Licensing

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

File Type

text

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Díaz-Rodríguez, J. Abraham; Moreno-Carrizales, Pedro; and López-Flores, Luis, "A Study of Soil Microstructure Using Bender Element Tests" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 28.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session01/28