Strain rate dependent behaviour of a natural stiff clay

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-82

  D'Onofrio, Anna ^a   Silvestri, Francesco ^b   Vinale, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Damping; Overconsolidation; Shear modulus; Stiff clay; Strain rate effects; Torsional shear tests (IGC: D6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002370947     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.39.2_69     Document Type: Article

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