On the determination of the stress-strain curve of clay from the undrained plane-strain expansion of hollow cylinders: A long-forgotten method

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 360-363

  Silvestri, V ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clays; Expansion tests; Hollow cylinder; Plane strain; Shear stress curve; Undrained condition

Indexed keywords

CLAY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EXPANSION TESTS; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY; EXPANSION; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0032056237     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-084     Document Type: Article

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