Rate-dependent undrained shear behavior of saturated clay

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-108

  Sheahan, Thomas C ^a   Ladd, Charles C ^b   Germaine, John T ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STRAIN; CONSOLIDATED-UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL; EFFECTIVE STRESS; END PLATENS; FRICTION ANGLES; MEASUREMENT DEVICE; OVER CONSOLIDATION RATIO; OVERCONSOLIDATED CLAYS; PEAK STRENGTH; RATE DEPENDENT; RATE SENSITIVITY; RESEDIMENTED BOSTON BLUE CLAYS; SATURATED CLAY; TRIAXIAL APPARATUS; UNDRAINED SHEAR; UNDRAINED STRENGTH;

COMPRESSION TESTING; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

STRAIN RATE;

CLAY; OVERCONSOLIDATION; SATURATED CLAY; STRAIN RATE; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST; UNDRAINED STRENGTH;

EID: 0030403487     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1996)122:2(99)     Document Type: Article

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