Civil Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

5-30-1966

Abstract

An experimental study of the relationship between pertinent wave=propagation parameters and the one-dimensional stress-strain behavior of two sands was conducted. The stress-strain relation for the sands was characterized by a nonlinear strain-hardening behavior. The nature of the stress-chain curve implies that shocks should form or be sustained in the soil. This phenomenon was studied by observing the dynamic and kinematic characteristics generated by a soft-fronted stress pulse applied to one end of a long slender sample of confined sand. To develop a method of predicting the kinematics of wave propagation from the stress-strain curve, the observed wave-propagation parameters were related to laboratory stress-strain curves.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Civil Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Civil Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

George Emmanuel Triandafilidis

Second Committee Member

Marion Marvin Cottrell

Third Committee Member

William Ernest Baker

Fourth Committee Member

William Walter Hakala

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