Micromechanical considerations of unsaturated pyramidal packing

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-206

  Molenkamp, F ^a   Nazemi, A H ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fabric structure of soils; Friction; Partial saturation; Shear strength; Suction

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MOISTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STRESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSORS;

PYRAMIDAL PACKING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; FRICTION; MICROMECHANICS; POREWATER; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0037353981     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.195     Document Type: Article

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