Volumetric threshold shear strain for cyclic settlement

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-70

  Hsu, Chu Chung ^a   Vucetic, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Compacted soils; Cyclic loads; Plasticity index; Sand; Settlement; Simple shear tests

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DATA REDUCTION; PLASTICITY; SAND; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH;

SHEAR STRAIN; VERTICAL STRESS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CYCLIC LOADING; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0942291410     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:1(58)     Document Type: Article

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