Triaxial Testing of Frozen Sand

Abstract Triaxial testing of frozen saturated Ottawa sand under confined compression was carried out under hydrostatic pressures varying between 0.1 and 75 MPa at a temperature of -10°C and strain-rate 7.7×10 -5 s -1 . Yield and failure stresses increased with increasing hydrostatic pressures up to...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Parameswaran, V. R., Jones, S. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000011308
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000011308
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Summary:Abstract Triaxial testing of frozen saturated Ottawa sand under confined compression was carried out under hydrostatic pressures varying between 0.1 and 75 MPa at a temperature of -10°C and strain-rate 7.7×10 -5 s -1 . Yield and failure stresses increased with increasing hydrostatic pressures up to about 40 MPa, beyond which the stresses dropped. The results are analysed according to the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion and compared with past results in the literature.