Matching error can come from the interaction between earth pressure transducer and soil in centrifugal field. To grasp it

characteristics of nonlinear response and main affect factors in high modulus soil are examined with the tests of liquid calibration and the tests of calibration for soil in centrifugal field with the matching error theory. Test results show that the calibration for liquid indicates that the response of the miniature earth pressure transducer is highly linear. The calibration for soil in centrifugal field indicates that the significant nonlinear response of the miniature earth pressure transducer is caused by the change of soil modulus in the loading process. Nonlinear correction of test data with the nonlinear expression can significantly improve the accuracy of the miniature earth pressure transducer in high modulus soil. The nonlinear expression is established between the matching error and the modulus of soil.