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Determination of prestress in cohesive soils using AE
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Determination of prestress in cohesive soils using AE

Robert M. Koerner, Arthur E. Lord and William L. Deutsch
Journal of geotechnical engineering, v 110(11), pp 1537-1548
Nov 1984

Abstract

acoustical methods cohesive materials consolidometer tests deformation Engineering geology geophysical methods granular materials in situ monitoring pressure soil mechanics testing
In an attempt to develop an acoustic emission (AE) field procedure to directly determine preconsolidation pressures, laboratory feasibility tests on granular soils and on cohesive soils have been conducted. Consolidation test specimens were prepared, stressed to known values and then unloaded. Its strength, however, lies in the fact that the AE method can be readily used in field measurements, e.g., by adapting a pressuremeter into an "acoustic pressuremeter". This should enable one to augment the downhole deformation, or volume, measurements necessary in the field during standard pressuremeter testing.--Modified journal abstract.

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