Interpretation of pressuremeter unloading tests in sands

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-31

  Yu, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

In situ testing; Plasticity; Sands; Shear strength; Site investigation; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PRESSUREMETER UNLOADING TESTS;

SOIL TESTING;

FRICTION ANGLE; INITIAL STATE; PLASTICITY MODEL; PRESSUREMETER; PRESSUREMETER TEST; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; UNLOADING; UNLOADING ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029668967     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.1.17     Document Type: Article

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