TY - JOUR AU - Zsolt Szilvágyi, AU - Péter Hudacsek, AU - Richard P. Ray, PY - 2016/12/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SOIL SHEAR MODULUS FROM RESONANT COLUMN, TORSIONAL SHEAR AND BENDER ELEMENT TESTS JF - GEOMATE Journal JA - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMATE VL - 10 IS - 20 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/1948 SP - 1822-1827 AB - <p>This study compares results from three different testing methods: Resonant Column, Torsional<br>Simple Shear, and Bender Element tests to determine shear modulus. The resonant column and torsional<br>shear tests were performed on the same hollow cylinder specimen. The bender element test was performed on<br>a triaxial specimen with the same void ratio and confining stress as well as others. Several effects were<br>studied, among them confining stress, shear strain amplitude and for the bender element, anisotropic<br>confinement. Testing methods and data analysis are discussed in the paper because data interpretation is very<br>important in these tests. Results showed that the shear modulus values were almost identical between the<br>resonant column and torsional shear but varied somewhat with the bender element results. Further research<br>will focus on influence of stress anisotropy preparation methods.<br><br></p> ER -