Deformation characteristics of a sedimentary soft mudstone from triaxial compression tests using rectangular prism specimens

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 439-449

  Hayano, K ^a   Sato, T ^a   Tatsuoka, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Local strain; Poission's ratio; Sedimentary soft rock; Strain rate effect; Triaxial compression test; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRAIN RATE; TRANSDUCERS;

MUDSTONE; POISSON RATIO; UNLOAD RELOAD CYCLES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DEFORMATION; MUDSTONE; POISSON'S RATIO; SOFT ROCK; SOIL MECHANICS; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

EID: 0031211895     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.439     Document Type: Article

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