LVDT Based System for the Measurement of the Prefailure Behavior of Geomaterials

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 288-298

  Da Re, Gregory ^a   Santagata, Maria Caterina ^b   Germaine, John T ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial strain; Cohesive; Frozen; Geomaterials; LVDT; Pre failure; Small strain; Soil; Triaxial; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; SOILS;

AXIAL STRAIN; COHESIVE; FROZEN; GEOMATERIALS; LVDT; SMALL STRAINS; TRIAXIAL;

STRAIN;

EID: 0013131373     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11347j     Document Type: Article

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