The significance of the strain path analysis in the interpretation of piezocone dissipation data

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 901-914

  Danziger, F A B ^a   Almeida, M S S ^a   Sills, G C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clays; Consolidation; In situ testing; Pore pressures

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PIEZOCONE DISSIPATION; STRAIN PATH ANALYSIS;

SOIL TESTING;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; CONSOLIDATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; PIEZOCONE; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN PATH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031467094     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.5.901     Document Type: Article

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