Volume changes in undrained triaxial tests on sands

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 762-772

  Garga, Vinod K ^a   Zhang, Huiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liquefaction; Sand; Steady state strength; Triaxial; Undrained; Volume

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOIL MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSDUCERS;

DIMENSION MEASUREMENT; HALL EFFECT RADIAL DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS (HRDT); LINEAR VARYING DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS (LVDT); TRIAXIAL TESTS;

SOIL TESTING;

LIQUEFACTION; SAND; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TEST; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 0031252176     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-038     Document Type: Article

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