| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 195, 2020
4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020)
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| Article Number | 03007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Experimental Evidence and Techniques | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019503007 | |
| Published online | 16 October 2020 | |
Evaluating the maximum shear modulus (G0) for different bender-soil coupling loads
Civil Engineering, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO), Teresópolis - Brazil
* Corresponding author: caiomap@gmail.com
The current paper aims to test the effects of vertical loads on the maximum shear modulus (G0). The tests were undertaken with unsaturated soils in unconfined conditions. As a material, was used a set of granite-gneiss soil samples collected in the Quinta do Paraiso Campus, at the Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO), Teresópolis – Brazil. To perform it, cylindrical samples were submitted to bender elements under four vertical loads (200 g, 400 g, 500 g, and 600 g). Further, the readings were done with the same amplitude and frequency values. The results revealed a decrease in the shear wave’s velocity reducing the volumetric water content. Besides, the shear modulus increased with the vertical loads’ addition.
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