Strain softening and shear band formation of sand in multi-axial testing

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-82

  Chu, J ^a   Lo, S C R ^b   Lee, I K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Laboratory tests; Sands; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MULTIAXIAL TESTING; SHEAR BAND FORMATION; STRAIN SOFTENING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

GRANULAR MEDIUM; SAND; SHEAR BAND FORMATION; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN SOFTENING; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0029667298     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.1.63     Document Type: Article

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