Geo-Congress 2020
Experimental Study of Crushing in Cone Penetration Test in Silica Sand
Publication: Geo-Congress 2020: Modeling, Geomaterials, and Site Characterization (GSP 317)
ABSTRACT
To better understand the cone resistance mobilization mechanism in sands and its dependence on particle crushing, accurate, and precise quantification crushing of sand particle near the cone is necessary. This paper presents a methodology for the quantification of crushing of sand near the base of a cone after a cone penetration experiment. The developed methodology includes a detailed sand sample collection procedure based on agar-impregnation technique. The agar-impregnated samples are scanned using an X-ray microscope, and then the collected 3D tomography data is analyzed to obtain the distribution of crushing in the sample. The developed methodology is demonstrated using a sample collected from a cone penetration experiment carried out in dense sand. The penetration experiment is carried out in a half-cylindrical calibration chamber equipped with digital image correlation (DIC) capabilities. The crushing data are complemented by the displacement and incremental strain fields obtained from the DIC analysis.
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Geo-Congress 2020: Modeling, Geomaterials, and Site Characterization (GSP 317)
Pages: 132 - 141
Editors: James P. Hambleton, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Roman Makhnenko, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Aaron S. Budge, Ph.D., Minnesota State University, Mankato
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8280-3
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Published online: Feb 21, 2020
ASCE Technical Topics:
- [Inorganic compounds]
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Data analysis
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Environmental engineering
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Geotechnical investigation
- Materials engineering
- Methodology (by type)
- Organic compounds
- Particles
- Penetration tests
- Research methods (by type)
- Sand (material)
- Sandy soils
- Silica
- Soil analysis
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soils (by type)
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