Index Void Ratios of Sands from Their Intrinsic Properties
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 12
Abstract
A comprehensive model for the index void ratios and of sands is presented. It is based on a large set of previously published sand properties as well as tests on 25 new materials including glass spheres and two types of rice. The new model uses the index void ratios of perfectly uniform spherical glass beads as baselines to which factors accounting for the three most influential intrinsic soil properties are applied. The three properties are particles roundness, , sphericity, , and the coefficient of uniformity, . The following three factors led to the new model’s improvement over previous such efforts: (1) use of sands spanning a wide range of , , and values; (2) consideration of the combined and coupled effects of , , and ; and (3) utilization of a recently developed computational geometry method on digital images to obtain precise values of and for large, statistically reliable numbers of particles.
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Acknowledgments
This material is based on work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI 1300010. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ConeTec Investigations Ltd. and the ConeTec Education Foundation are acknowledged for their support to the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratories at the University of Michigan.
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Volume 142 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Nov 29, 2015
Accepted: May 5, 2016
Published online: Jul 18, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 18, 2016
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