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Modulus and Damping Curves of Ottawa sand from Centrifuge and Full Scale Tests Inthuorn Sasanakul Prompat Kasantikul
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Resonant Column (RC) and Torsional Shear (TS) Tests Stokoe-Type Apparatus Fixed-free Configuration Drive System Utilizing Coil-Magnet System
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Resonant Column Test Shear modulus (G) or Shear Wave Velocity (Vs) Damping (D) Half Power Bandwidth MethodFree Vibration Decay Method
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Torsional Shear test
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Generic Modulus and Damping Curves for fine grain soil (Vucetic and Dobry, 1991)
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RC/TS Calibrations for RPI Apparatus Polar Moment of Inertia of the Drive Plate Calibration Equipment Damping Calibration Torque Calibration RC/TS testing on generic sands such as Nevada sand
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Results of RC test on dry Nevada sand Variation of shear Wave Velocity with confining Pressure and void ratio in dry clean sand with rounded particle (Hardin and Richart,1963) Vs=(170-78.2e)σ 0 0.25
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Test properties for Centrifuge model and Full Scale tests Test SandFieldVoidRelativeSaturatingHydraulicCompression NoConditionTypeAngleRatioDensityFluidConductivityIndex Degree %ViscosityCoefficientCc cpcm/sec LG0Full ScaleOttawa F#5500.7234011.2*10^-2- SG1Full ScaleOttawa F#5520.7234011.2*10^-2- C-LG0CentrifugeOttawa F#5500.72340251.2*10^-26.36*10^-3 C-SG1CentrifugeScaled Sand20.7703511.1*10^-26.61*10^-2 Summary of the Soil Properties Soil NameD50D10FC (%)MinimumMaximumGs (mm) Void Ratio Ottawa F#550.2580.1550.10.610.802.665 Scaled Sand0.1030.031210.430.962.689
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Preliminary Test Result of RC test on Dry Ottawa Sand (e = 0.695)
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Comparison with Hardin & Richard et al (1963) Vs=(170-78.2e)σ 0 0.25
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RC/TS Testing Program on Dry Ottawa Sand Preliminary Plan TestSandTestVoid Confining Pressure (kPa) NoTypeMethodRatio 123 1Ottawa F#55RC/TS0.6153080 2Ottawa F#55RC/TS0.7153080 3Ottawa F#55RC/TS0.8153080 4Scaled SandRC/TS0.6153080 5Scaled SandRC/TS0.7153080 6Scaled SandRC/TS0.8153080
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