A micromechanics-based methodology for evaluating the fabric of granular material

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 761-775

  Pan, Y W ^a   Dong, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Constitutive relations; Fabric structure of soils; Microscopy; Sands

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BIAXIAL STRESS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROMECHANICS; SAND; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEXTURE;

EID: 0033376781     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.6.761     Document Type: Article

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