Author:
Kuwano Reiko,Jardine Richard J
Abstract
The first part of the paper describes the precision and long-term stability that are required in triaxial stress-strain measurements and in stress-path control systems to obtain reliable information on creep in granular media. It is shown that membrane penetration and sample end compliance must be accounted for and that lubricated ends and local strain measurements are essential. The temperature sensitivity of each transducer also needs to be assessed, even when working in a temperature-controlled laboratory. The second part of the paper presents illustrative data that were obtained in tests on sand and Ballotini® glass beads. Considerable creep deformations were observed under both isotropic and anisotropic effective stress conditions, even at relatively low pressures where particle breakage was unlikely to be significant. The experiments show how creep depends on the stress conditions imposed, how the strain increment directions change during creep, and how the creep rates stabilize with time.Key words: sand, creep, triaxial test, yielding, membrane penetration.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Civil and Structural Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Cited by
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