SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1978
STP35675S

An Analysis of NGI Simple Shear Apparatus for Cyclic Soil Testing

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A numerical analysis parametric study was conducted to determine the stress and strain states within an idealized soil specimen enclosed by a wire-reinforced rubber membrane and tested in the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) simple shear apparatus. The computations were performed utilizing a finite-element program applicable to three-dimensional elastic analysis of nonaxisymmetrically loaded axisymmetric solids. Orthotropic membrane elements were incorporated in the program to simulate the action of the wire-reinforced rubber membrane. A total of 14 cases was analyzed using different combinations of material properties, membrane stiffness, specimen geometry, and boundary displacements. In general, for the values of the parameters studied, the uniformity of shear strain distribution improves as (1) the specimen height-to-diameter ratio is decreased, (2) the percent of wire-reinforcement is increased, (3) the elastic modulus of the soil decreases, (4) the Poisson's ratio of the soil decreases, and (5) the applied horizontal displacement is increased.

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Shen, CK
University of California, Davis, Calif.
Sadigh, K
Woodward-Cycle Consultants, San Francisco, Calif.
Herrmann, LR
University of California, Davis, Calif.
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Developed by Committee: D18
Pages: 148–162
DOI: 10.1520/STP35675S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4724-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0326-9