On the micromechanics of crushable aggregates

Geotechnique

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 667-679

  McDowell, G R ^a   Bolton, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Constitutive relations; Plasticity; Sands; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRUSHABLE AGGREGATES;

SAND;

EID: 0032179775     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1998.48.5.667     Document Type: Article

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