Reduction of shear modulus at small strains in simple shear

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1035-1042

  Lanzo, G ^a   Vucetic, M ^b   Doroudian, M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL TESTING; PLASTICITY; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE;

CYCLIC SHEAR STRAIN AMPLITUDES; SECANT SHEAR MODULUS;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY; SAND; SHEAR MODULUS; SIMPLE SHEAR; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0031277976     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:11(1035)     Document Type: Article

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