Triaxial testing of frozen sand: Equipment and example results

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 90-118

  Da Re, Gregory ^a   Germaine, John T ^a   Ladd, Charles C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen soils; Sand; Soil deformation; Test equipment; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FROZEN SAND;

SAND;

DEFORMATION; FROZEN GROUND; SAND; SOIL PROPERTY; STRENGTH; TESTING METHOD; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0141465228     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-381X(2003)17:3(90)     Document Type: Article

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