Field and laboratory measurements of dynamic shear modulus of Piedmont residual soils

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 92, 1999, Pages 12-25

  Schneider, James A ^a   Hoyos Jr , Laureano ^a   Mayne, Paul W ^a   Macari, Emir J ^a   Rix, Glenn J ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC MODULI; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RESIDUAL SOILS; RESONANT COLUMN TESTS; SEISMIC PIEZOCONES;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0032594692     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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