Strain-rate effect on soil secant shear modulus at small cyclic strains

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 536-549

  Matešić, Leo ^a   Vucetic, Mladen ^b  

^a Geokon Zagreb Ltd   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic loads; Cyclic tests; Sand; Simple shear tests; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ELASTIC MODULI; SAND; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SHEAR STRAIN AMPLITUDES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; CYCLIC LOADING; SAND; SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 0038205709     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:6(536)     Document Type: Article

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