Effect of non-plastic fines on undrained cyclic strength of silty sands

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Soil Dynamics and Liquefaction 2000, GSP 107

Volumn 295, Issue , 2000, Pages 77-91

  Thevanayagam, S ^a   Fiorillo, M ^b   Liang, J ^b  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STRAINS; COLLAPSE POTENTIALS; CONFINING PRESSURES; CYCLIC STRENGTHS; CYCLIC STRESS RATIOS; INTERGRAIN CONTACTS; SILT CONTENTS; SILTY SANDS; SILTY SOILS; UNDRAINED CYCLIC STRENGTHS; UNDRAINED CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTS; VOID RATIOS;

DYNAMICS; LIQUEFACTION; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

EID: 0002214861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40520(295)6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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