ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 7

Procedure for a Rod Shear Test

Felio, GY
Assistant professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Briaud, J-L
Associate professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Abstract

A laboratory instrument, called the rod shear device, was developed to measure the shear transfer characteristics of a model pile inserted into a clay sample. The apparatus was designed to accommodate soil samples recovered from field investigations without extruding the specimen from its sampling tube and thus avoiding disturbance caused by stress relief and handling. A rod shear testing procedure is recommended for monotonic and cyclic loading tests. Typical results are presented.

Keywords:
shear tests, pile friction, rod shear test, shear transfer, cyclic behavior, monotonic pile test, laboratory model pile test

Paper ID: GTJ10619J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10619J
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