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Accession Number:
AD0466091
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL PRESSURE GAGES.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Corporate Author:
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INST TROY NY WINSLOW LABS
Report Date:
1965-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
137.0
Abstract:
This report describes a soil pressure measuring system which involves quick-freezing a zone of soil in the free-field, excavating a cavity in the frozen zone, suspending a triaxially sensitive pressure gage in the cavity, and surrounding the gage with a liquid which changes to an elastic solid before the solid thaws. An auxiliary procedure is determination of insitu soil stress-strain properties in thawed cavities carved from frozen zones surrounding the point at which future pressure measurement will be made. A triaxially sensitive spherical gage was developed and tested. Equipment for freezing a zone of soil was tested, and a cavity trimming tool was successfully used. Suitable room-temperature-vulcanizing silicone rubber compounds were formulated which would solidify in the frozen environment. A concept was developed, but not tested, for a device to perform the auxiliary determination of soil stress-strain properties. Also included in the report is a brief review of soil pressure measurement techniques. Author
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE