Effects of Fines on Monotonic Undrained Shear Strength of Sandy Soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 394-406

  Thevanayagam, S ^a   Ravishankar, K ^b   Mohan, S ^c  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Diaz Yourman Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Fines content; Liquefaction; Relative density; Residual strength; Sand; Seismic stability; Silty sand; Steady state strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642365237     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10406j     Document Type: Article

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