Observations and nomenclature of shear bands formed in granular soils

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Karakouzian, Moses ^a   Huydma, Nick ^a   Avar, Burçin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular soil; Shear band

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035783148     PISSN: 10893032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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