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Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Technical Papers
Geotech. Test. J.. March 2024, 47(2): GTJ20220159.
Paper No: GTJ20220159
Published Online: March 1, 2024
...Radhavi A. Samarakoon; Isaac L. Kreitzer; John Scott McCartney This study investigates linkages between volume change, pore fluid drainage, shear wave velocity, and temperature of soft clays using a thermal triaxial cell equipped with bender elements, a measurement approach that has not been...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Technical Papers
Geotech. Test. J.. November 2023, 46(6): GTJ20230317.
Paper No: GTJ20230317
Published Online: November 1, 2023
...Zhuoyuan Cheng; Eng Choon Leong A cyclic triaxial apparatus was modified to determine the dynamic and static properties of a residual soil at different degrees of saturation. The modification includes addition of bender elements, local displacement transducers (LDTs), and proximity sensors...
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Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Technical Papers
Geotech. Test. J.. November 2021, 44(6): 1801–1820.
Paper No: GTJ20200207
Published Online: November 1, 2021
...Cristiana Ferreira; Fredy Díaz-Durán; Antonio Viana da Fonseca; Giovanni Cascante Bender elements (BEs) have become a routine geotechnical laboratory tool for seismic wave velocity measurements. Since the 1980s, this testing technique has gained popularity, currently being available in many...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Technical Papers
Geotech. Test. J.. July 2020, 43(4): 937–949.
Paper No: GTJ20180400
Published Online: July 1, 2020
...Alfonso Fernández Lavín; Efraín Ovando Shelley The determination of shear wave velocity ( V s ) using bender elements can be affected by the near-field effect. This phenomenon hinders the identification of the S-wave arrival time of an output signal. Multiple alternatives have been presented...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Technical Papers
Geotech. Test. J.. January 2020, 43(1): 171–193.
Paper No: GTJ20170121
Published Online: January 1, 2020
...Qasim Khan; Sung-Woo Moon; Taeseo Ku Determining the small strain stiffness G max of soils in a laboratory is generally achieved using bender elements. Shear wave propagation is affected by the soil medium and boundary conditions causing distortion in output signals, which introduces error...
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Dimitrios Zekkos, Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Jonathan Hubler, Xunchang Fei, Kaveh H. Zehtab, W. Allen Marr
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Technical Papers
Geotech. Test. J.. March 2018, 41(2): 263–279.
Paper No: GTJ20160271
Published Online: January 25, 2018
... diameter DSS device as well as test data generated for two materials with oversized particles, specifically pea gravel and municipal solid waste, are presented. The device has the capability to execute shear wave velocity measurements using both bender elements and accelerometers, as well as monotonic...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. July 2014, 37(4): 689–704.
Paper No: GTJ20130189
Published Online: July 3, 2014
... to fully characterize the soil. The paper describes enhanced bender elements system developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The fabrication process of bender elements in the laboratory is described in this paper. Also, the estimation of the shear wave velocity using the first arrival method...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. March 2014, 37(2): 1–12.
Paper No: GTJ20120098
Published Online: March 24, 2014
...Mark A. Styler; John A. Howie Bender element testing is used to measure shear wave velocities ( V S ) across soil specimens in the laboratory. Conventional bender element testing is carried out at a few discrete points during an experiment. This paper presents a method which uses bender elements...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. September 2013, 36(5): 1–11.
Paper No: GTJ20120081
Published Online: July 25, 2013
...Mark A. Styler; John A. Howie Shear wave velocities are obtained from bender-element tests on laboratory specimens by analyzing the trigger and response signals. The response signal is a highly distorted translation of the trigger signal, obscuring the identification of the shear wave arrival...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. July 2013, 36(4): 1–9.
Paper No: GTJ20120125
Published Online: May 24, 2013
...David Airey; A. K. M. Mohsin The use of bender elements to determine shear wave velocity, and hence shear modulus, is becoming increasingly popular, with commercial systems now available. The most common method of interpretation is to make use of first arrival; however, automation of this procedure...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. March 2013, 36(2): 1–11.
Paper No: GTJ20120131
Published Online: March 1, 2013
...Jana Marjanovic; John T. Germaine An experimental program was conducted in order to establish the dominant factors that affect the interpretation of the small strain shear modulus of soils when using bender elements. Both Ticino sand and resedimented Boston blue clay (RBBC) were used to develop...
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Brina M. Montoya, Ray Gerhard, Jason T. DeJong, Daniel W. Wilson, Matthew H. Weil, Brian C. Martinez, Lars Pederson
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. September 2012, 35(5): 728–742.
Published Online: August 9, 2012
...Brina M. Montoya; Ray Gerhard; Jason T. DeJong; Daniel W. Wilson; Matthew H. Weil; Brian C. Martinez; Lars Pederson Bender elements are commonly used to monitor the shear wave velocity of soils in various tests, including triaxial, consolidation, and centrifuge tests. When used in aggressive soil...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. September 2011, 34(5): 503–513.
Published Online: September 1, 2011
...Majid Ghayoomi; John S. McCartney This paper describes the use of bender elements to measure changes in small strain shear modulus, G max , of sand layers due to the change in degree of saturation during centrifuge tests. The goal of the measurements is to verify that steady-state infiltration...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. November 2010, 33(6): 488–498.
Published Online: November 1, 2010
...Marcos Arroyo; Jubert A. Pineda; Enrique Romero The bender element technique for the measurement of the small strain shear stiffness of soils is here extended to measurements in very stiff argillaceous rocks that will be subject to artificially induced weathering. Moduli between 3 and 17 GPa...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. January 2010, 33(1): 62–71.
Published Online: January 1, 2010
...R. D. Verástegui Flores; G. Di Emidio; W. F. Van Impe A simple nondestructive technique was used as an alternative method to monitor the hardening of cement-treated clay as a function of time. The principle of this monitoring technique is based on the use of bender elements to measure the small...
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Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. March 2009, 32(2): 91–107.
Published Online: March 1, 2009
...António Viana da Fonseca; Cristiana Ferreira; Martin Fahey Bender element (BE) testing is a powerful and increasingly common laboratory technique for determining the shear S-wave velocity of geomaterials. There are several advantages of BE testing, but there is no standard developed for the testing...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. January 2009, 32(1): 1–10.
Published Online: January 1, 2009
..., investigations were conducted to determine shear wave velocity in different types of granular materials (sands, glass beads, and cenospheres) by employing bender elements. Details of the methodology adopted for this purpose are presented in this paper. Experimental data have been used to develop an empirical...
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Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. September 2007, 30(5): 399–408.
Published Online: September 1, 2007
.... The specimens were subjected to isotropic compression tests and shear wave velocity was measured by means of bender elements. The present study allows us to evaluate the influence of density, water content, confining pressure, and the different soil structures obtained during compaction, on the measured shear...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. May 2004, 27(3): 288–294.
Published Online: May 1, 2004
...PD Greening; DFT Nash Methods for determination of shear wave velocity ( v s ) with bender elements using frequency domain techniques are reviewed. An enhanced method is proposed, which is quicker and provides more information than existing techniques. The method can be implemented using a spectrum...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Publisher: ASTM International
Article Type: Research-Article
Geotech. Test. J.. June 2001, 24(2): 133–144.
Published Online: June 1, 2001
...DS Pennington; DFT Nash; ML Lings Novel horizontally mounted bender element devices capable of high-quality transmission and reception of horizontally propagated shear waves polarized in orthogonal planes across the mid-height of a triaxial clay specimen are described. Mounting of these mini...