Mechanical Behavior of an Unsaturated Soil under Multi-Axial Stress States

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-22

  Macari, Emir Jose ^a   Hoyos Jr , Laureano R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis translation technique; Failure envelope; Matric suction; Multi axial stress state; Octahedral stress plane; True triaxial testing; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

AXIS TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE; FAILURE ENVELOPE; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MULTIAXIAL STRESS STATE; OCTAHEDRAL STRESS PLANE; TRUE TRIAXIAL TESTING; UNSATURATED SOIL;

STRESSES;

EID: 0038440638     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11278j     Document Type: Article

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