(10) Applications of Tactile Pressure Sensors  
Monitoring the stress inside the soil and associated distributions of interparticle (inter-cluster) contact forces.  
   
 
   
Publications:

  • Gao, Y. and Wang, Y.H. (2013). “Calibration of tactile pressure sensors for measuring stress in soils,” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4, doi:10.1520/GTJ20120143.

  • Wang, Y.H. and Gao Y. (2013). “Examining the behavior and mechanisms of structuration in sand under the K0 condition,” Granular Matter. Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 55-68. (DOI) 10.1007/s10035-013-0457-1.

  • Gao, Y. and Wang, Y. H. (2014). “Experimental and DEM examinations of K0 in sand under different loading conditions,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 140, No. 5, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001095.

  • Gao, Y. and Wang, Y.H. (2016). “Experimental characterization of deformation, K0, stiffness, and contact force distributions of sand during secondary compression and rebound,” Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 53, No. 5, dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2014-0324.

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