Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
04 Apr 1995, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
The feasibility of using piezo-ceramic bender elements for measuring shear modulus of coarse materials has been reported. If was found that moduli obtained from bender element are repeatable. The results in most cases compare favorably with those obtained by resonant column.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1995 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
Nazarian, S. and Baig, S. S., "Evaluation of Bender Elements for Use with Coarse-Grained Soils" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 19.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session01/19
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Evaluation of Bender Elements for Use with Coarse-Grained Soils
St. Louis, Missouri
The feasibility of using piezo-ceramic bender elements for measuring shear modulus of coarse materials has been reported. If was found that moduli obtained from bender element are repeatable. The results in most cases compare favorably with those obtained by resonant column.
