Abstract
Experimental studies of the behavior of dry sand-steel interfaces have been performed in a modified direct shear apparatus. The shear stress-displacement behavior is influenced by the normal stress, the density of the sand and by the relative roughness of the interface. The patterns of response – peak, softening, dilation – are similar to those seen in the shearing of sand and a model which introduces stress level and density through a state parameter is found to be successful in matching the observed shear stress and volume change behavior at both small and large shear displacements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Characterisation and behaviour of interfaces |
| Subtitle of host publication | proceedings of research symposium on characterization and behavior of interfaces |
| Editors | J.D. Frost |
| Place of Publication | Washington |
| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Pages | 78-84 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781607504917 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781607504900 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |