Yield, strength, and critical state behavior of a tropical saturated soil

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1169-1179

  Futai, M M ^a,b   Almeida, M S S ^c   Lacerda, W A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Federal Univ of Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; PORE PRESSURE; TENSILE TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

HYDROSTATIC AXIS; SAPROLITIC SOIL; TROPICAL SOIL;

SOILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CRITICAL STATE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL MECHANICS; TROPICAL SOIL; YIELD;

EID: 10244270723     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:11(1169)     Document Type: Article

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