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- Title
- In situ Testing Procedure for Obtaining Dynamic and Cyclic Properties.
- File
- PB88107842.pdf
- Author(s)
- Henke, W. K.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., July 1985, 247 p.
- Abstract
- Studies are presented which indicate the feasibility of an in situ testing procedure for determining in situ cyclic and dynamic soil properties. The properties are to be described in the detail and with the accuracy appropriate for later stages of the analysis and design of important, earthquake-resistant, soil-structure-equipment systems. The procedure is intended to allow more effective use of analysis procedures used to predict system behavior during earthquakes. One study in which tests were simulated analytically indicates theoretical feasibility. A second study indicates operational and economic feasibility. Items were identified which could create added uncertainty in inferring soil properties, but the added uncertainty was judged to be only modest.
- Keywords
- ; Soil tests; Shear properties; Shear tests; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Soil mechanics; Earthquakes; Structural analysis