[article]
Titre : |
Elastic moduli of soils containing large gas bubbles |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
S. J. Wheeler, Auteur ; T. N. Gardner, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2007 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 333 –342 |
Note générale : |
Génie Civil |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Elasticity Partial saturation Stiffness Shear modulus Offshore geotechnics Triaxial tests |
Résumé : |
A conceptual model for soils containing large gas bubbles is analysed to provide theoretical expressions for the drained and undrained elastic moduli. Experimental values of the undrained moduli, measured in triaxial tests at large strains, show little agreement with the theoretical predictions. This lack of agreement is probably caused by concen- trated local plastic straining, which is likely to occur in soils containing gas bubbles at all but the smallest strains. The undrained behaviour at very small strains, as represented by acoustic measure- ments of the compression wave velocity, shows much better agreement with the theoretical predictions. Improved understanding of the small strain behaviour of soils containing large gas bubbles could he of considerable benefit to the offshore industry, for predicting the deformation of foundations constructed on gas-hearing sediments. |
ISSN : |
0016-8505 |
En ligne : |
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.1989.39.2.333 |
in Géotechnique > Vol. 39 N°2 (Juin 1989) . - pp. 333 –342
[article] Elastic moduli of soils containing large gas bubbles [texte imprimé] / S. J. Wheeler, Auteur ; T. N. Gardner, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 333 –342. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Géotechnique > Vol. 39 N°2 (Juin 1989) . - pp. 333 –342
Mots-clés : |
Elasticity Partial saturation Stiffness Shear modulus Offshore geotechnics Triaxial tests |
Résumé : |
A conceptual model for soils containing large gas bubbles is analysed to provide theoretical expressions for the drained and undrained elastic moduli. Experimental values of the undrained moduli, measured in triaxial tests at large strains, show little agreement with the theoretical predictions. This lack of agreement is probably caused by concen- trated local plastic straining, which is likely to occur in soils containing gas bubbles at all but the smallest strains. The undrained behaviour at very small strains, as represented by acoustic measure- ments of the compression wave velocity, shows much better agreement with the theoretical predictions. Improved understanding of the small strain behaviour of soils containing large gas bubbles could he of considerable benefit to the offshore industry, for predicting the deformation of foundations constructed on gas-hearing sediments. |
ISSN : |
0016-8505 |
En ligne : |
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.1989.39.2.333 |
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