Anisotropy of G0 shear stiffness in Gault Clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Pennington, D S ^a   Nash, D F T ^a   Lings, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Laboratory equipment; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLAY; ELASTIC WAVES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; POLARIZATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BENDER ELEMENTS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; SHEAR MODULUS; STRESS PATH TESTS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY; GAULT; SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; TEST RIG;

EID: 0031208808     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.391     Document Type: Article

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