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2 Aug 2011: Equivalent in-situ tests such as self-boring pressuremeter tests can alternatively be car-ried out. ... soil test configuration that would correctly represent the undrained shear strength of at the specific orienta-tion.

2 Aug 2011: Experimental tests of grain crushing within sand samples are not easy to interpret sincethe evolution of grain damage will not be obvious even after a careful post-test inspection.There is ... The normal contact forcedistribution was monitored as the

2 Aug 2011: All the centrifuge tests were carried out at 30g using natural marine clay. ... Test programme of the 4 tests is summarized in Table 1 below.

3 Aug 2011: Calibration between e and β was con-firmed using single-particle drop-tests with 1 and 10 m falldistances (see Fig. ... e. 1 m Fall10 m Fall. Fig. 2 Calibration test to determine the relation between coefficient ofrestitution e and critical damping

2 Aug 2011: Results from these tests showed a rapid increase in su in several test loca-tions, with values of up to 12kPa at 0.4m depth. ... 3.2 Oedometer test results Figure 6 shows the results of two oedometer tests undertaken on undisturbed samples from 0.25m and

3 Aug 2011: 0.005mm/s and one internal strength test at 0.05mm/s were conducted. The following general observations were made from these tests:. ... positive excess pore pressures still present when onboard T-. bar tests were conducted.

2 Aug 2011: In order toensure consistency between tests, the clay was gently mixedand remoulded with additional water before each test. ... Centrifuge tests. MkII mini-drum centrifuge. Apparatus. Test material. Preparation procedure. Test programme.

3 Aug 2011: tests in a permeameter with compacted clay. At more than 70% concentration the contaminants. ... consolidation in the test at 32 g. This cracking resulted. automatically in a weight increase.

2 Aug 2011: at con-stant density, and ˜ is found to be 38 in triaxial tests and 58in plane strain. ... of mean stress pm at which m would havebeen measured in a triaxial test.

2 Aug 2011: An issue in DEM simulations and in laboratory tests on granularmaterials is the question of boundary effects. ... 2001). However, thecrushing front was not so pronounced as in the laboratory tests.