Validation of the log e–log σ normal compression law using particle strength data

This note is a study of experimental data on particle strength and normal compression, to establish whether the recently proposed normal compression law by McDowell and de Bono (2013) is supported and confirmed. A number of different sands are examined and found to support the hypothesis. In additio...

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Main Authors: de Bono, John P., McDowell, Glenn R.
Format: Article
Published: Thomas Telford ICE Publishing 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44124/
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Summary:This note is a study of experimental data on particle strength and normal compression, to establish whether the recently proposed normal compression law by McDowell and de Bono (2013) is supported and confirmed. A number of different sands are examined and found to support the hypothesis. In addition, some new simulations on sand mixtures are used to explain experimental results for quartz-feldspar mixtures. It would appear that the proposed compression law is also supported by the data for the sand mixtures.