Effects of fines and confining stress on undrained shear strength of silty sands

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 479-491

  Thevanayagam, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINES; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031597232     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:6(479)     Document Type: Article

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