Effect of Particle Shape on the Mechanical Behavior of Natural Sands
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 12
Abstract
A database of the mechanical behavior of 25 natural sands was compiled from the existing literature. Particle shape and size analysis, obtained by dynamic imaging analysis, for each material in the database has subsequently been linked to its mechanical properties; selected sands were also subject to interferometry study for particle surface roughness measurements. This paper reviews the effect of the particle shape properties of these sands on their Critical State and stiffness parameters, introducing a new parameter to optimize the correlations.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Dr. Catherine O’Sullivan of Imperial College London for making the QicPic apparatus available for this research.
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Volume 142 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Nov 30, 2015
Accepted: Apr 28, 2016
Published online: Jul 18, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 18, 2016
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