Static liquefaction of very loose sands

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 905-917

  Yamamuro, Jerry A ^a   Lade, Poul V ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fines; Instability; Liquefaction; Loose sands; Static liquefaction; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION TESTING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRICTION; LOAD TESTING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTING;

SAND;

LIQUEFACTION; SAND;

EID: 0031391694     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-057     Document Type: Article

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