Anisotropy of small strain stiffness in Ticino sand

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-131

  Bellotti, R ^a   Jamiolkowski, M ^b   Lo Presti, D C F ^b   O'Neill, D A ^c  

^a ENEL   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c ISMES Istituto Sperimentale Modelli e Strutture   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Elasticity; Sands; Stiffness; Waves and loading

Indexed keywords

RIVER SAND; SAND; SEISMIC WAVE; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; TICINO SAND; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

CONSTRAINED COMPRESSION WAVES; STRAIN STIFFNESS; TICINO SAND; WAVE LOADING;

SAND;

EID: 0029667953     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.1.115     Document Type: Article

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