General

October 21, 2018

1. Stiness, Bulk, and Shear Modulus

http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/geocal/SoilMech/basic/stiffness.htm
• Modulus of Elasticity "Change in Stiness" is the relationship between changes
of stress and changes of strain.
• Bulk Modulus "Change of Size" relates the change in stress to the volumetric
strain.
• Shear Modulus "Change of Shape" relates the change in shear stress to the shear
strain.
E
G= (1a)
2(1 + ν)
E
K= (1b)
3(1 − 2ν)
2. Soil Friction Angle
http://www.geotechdata.info/parameter/angle-of-friction.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKSQ3X8p5L0
It is a shear strength parameter of soils. Its denition is derived from the Mohr-
Coulomb failure criterion and it is used to describe the friction shear resistance of soils
together with the normal eective stress.
In the stress plane of Shear stress-eective normal stress, the soil friction angle is the
angle of inclination with respect to the horizontal axis of the Mohr-Coulomb shear
resistance line.
3. Wavelength, Period and Frequency
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/ems/music/tech_background/TE-01/soundWPF.html
The time it takes to complete a cycle is the period. Frequency is the inverse of this,
the number of cycles in a second. The distance sound travels during one period is the
wavelength. All this is related by the formulas: P = 1/f and λ = s/f . The upside
down y is lambda, which stands for wavelength. P is period, f is frequency, and s is
the speed of sound.
4. Wavenumber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavenumber
Wavenumber, as used in spectroscopy and most chemistry elds, is dened as the
number of wavelengths per unit distance, typically centimeters (cm−1): νe = 1/λ
where λ is the wavelength. It is sometimes called the spectroscopic wavenumber. In
theoretical physics, a wave number dened as the number of radians per unit distance,
sometimes called the angular wavenumber, is more often used: k = 2 ∗ pi()/λ