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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2014.15.5.31

Comparison in Elastic Wave Propagation Velocity Evaluation Methods  

Kim, Taesik (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.15, no.5, 2014 , pp. 31-37 More about this Journal
Abstract
In situ investigations and laboratory tests using elastic wave have become popular in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Propagation velocity of elastic wave is the key index to evaluate the ground characteristics. To evaluate this, various methods were used in both time domain and frequency domain. In time domain, the travel time can be found from the two points that have the same phase such as peaks or first rises. Cross-correlation can also be used in time domain by evaluating the time shift amount that makes the product of signals of input and received waveforms maximum. In frequency domain, wave propagation velocity can be evaluated by computing the phase differences between the source and received waves. In this study, wave propagation velocity evaluated by the methods listed above were compared. Bender element tests were conducted on the specimens cut from the undisturbed hand-cut block samples obtained from Block 37 excavation site in Chicago, IL, US. The evaluation methods in time domain provides relatively wide range of wave propagation velocities due to the noise in signals and the sampling frequency of data logger. Frequency domain approach provides relatively accurate wave propagation velocities and is irrelevant to the sampling frequency of data logger.
Keywords
Elastic wave; Bender elements; Time domain approach; Cross correlation; Frequency domain approach;
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