Travel time inversion for the determination of stress fields in granular soil media

Authors
Samani, AMV Gladwell, GML
Citation
Amv. Samani et Gml. Gladwell, Travel time inversion for the determination of stress fields in granular soil media, INVERSE P E, 7(6), 1999, pp. 505-518
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Mathematics
Journal title
INVERSE PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
10682767 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
505 - 518
Database
ISI
SICI code
1068-2767(1999)7:6<505:TTIFTD>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Transmission photoelasticity is a well established procedure For solid bodi es; to the authors' knowledge there is no corresponding technique for parti culate media, especially granular soil media. This paper presents such a pr ocedure using the crosshole seismic probing common to geophysical imaging. We establish a relationship between stresses and travel times, and then pre sent strategies for inverting the borehole-to-borehole travel times to yiel d the stress held.