ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 8

Apparatus for Cyclic Stress Path Testing

Khosla, VK
Director of engineering, Herron Consultants, Inc., Cleveland, OH

Singh, RD
Senior project engineer, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Plymouth Meeting, PA

Abstract

A simple change in the conventional cyclic triaxial cell was made to carry out constant mean stress tests on dry Ottawa sand. Test results show that stress-strain characteristics under cyclic loading conditions are significantly affected by the imposed stress path.

Keywords:
sands, failure criteria, triaxial tests, cyclic loading, principal directions, stress-strain characteristics, mean normal stress, Ottawa sand, stress path, modified cell cap

Paper ID: GTJ10920J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10920J
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