Influence of stress ratio and stress path on behavior of loose decomposed granite

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-44

  Ng, Charles W W ^a   Fung, W T ^a   Cheuk, C Y ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fills; Rocks; Sand; Slopes; Stress; Triaxial compression

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION TESTING; DECOMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRESS RATIO; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

FILL; GRANITE; SLOPE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0942302109     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:1(36)     Document Type: Article

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