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Effects of Compaction on the Acoustic Velocity in Soils

Zhiqu Lu*, Craig J. Hickey and James M. Sabatier

National Center for Physical Acoustics, Univ. of Mississippi, 1 Coliseum Drive, University, MS 38677



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Fig. 1. Diagram of the triaxial cell. LVDT, linear variable differential transformer.

 


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Fig. 2. Diagram of the acoustic cell.

 


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Fig. 3. The typical waveforms of the electrical, reference, and received signals.

 


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Fig. 4. The unconsolidated undrained test for air-dry remolded Sharkey soils. (a) The deviator stress vs. the axial strain. (b) The acoustic velocity vs. the axial strain. Pc, cell pressure.

 


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Fig. 5. The unconsolidated undrained test for air-dry remolded Neshoba soils. (a) The deviator stress vs. the axial strain. (b) The acoustic velocity vs. the axial strain. Pc, cell pressure.

 


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Fig. 6. The unconsolidated undrained test for partly saturated Marshall field soils. (a) The deviator stress vs. the axial strain. (b) The acoustic velocity vs. the axial strain. Pc, cell pressure.

 





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