Liquefaction resistance of sand-silt mixtures: An experimental investigation of the effect of fines

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Xenaki, V C ^a   Athanasopoulos, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyclic test; Excess pore water pressure; Fines content; Liquefaction resistance; Silty sand

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; SAND; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

SAND-SILT MIXTURES;

SILT;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; LIQUEFACTION; PORE PRESSURE; SAND; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SILT;

EID: 0037392897     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(02)00210-5     Document Type: Article

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