Abstract
Cemented mixtures composed of rigid sand particles and soft rubber particles are tested to investigate their small strain behavior. Mixtures are prepared with different volumetric sand fractions (sf) to identify cementation and decementation responses using shear wave propagation at the small strain, and ko-loading. The shear wave velocity increases with increase in the vertical effective stress for uncemented soils. The higher the sand fraction, the higher the shear wave velocity. As the sand fraction increases, the response of the specimens shows transition from rubber-like to sand-like behavior. During cementation hardening, the shear wave velocity dramatically increases even at the fixed stress. While the cementation hinders the apparent behavior during loading stage, transition behavior appears during reloading stage due to the breakage of the cementation hardening. Copyright ASCE 2007.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Geotechnical Special Publication |
Issue number | 172 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Event | Geo-Denver 2007: New Peaks in Geotechnics - Denver, CO, United States Duration: 2007 Feb 18 → 2007 Feb 21 |
Keywords
- Cementation
- Decementation
- Rigid-soft particle mixtures
- Sand fraction
- Shear modulus
- Shear wave velocity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Architecture
- Building and Construction
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology