Centrifuge model tests on sand specimen under extensional load

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-47

  Wolf, H ^a   Konig D ^a   Triantafyllidis, Th ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Digital Image Correlation; Extensional strain; Shear bands; Strain localization; X ray tecnique

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOLOGY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATION; SOILS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION; EXTENSIONAL LOADS; GEOTECHNICAL STRUCTURES; SHEAR BAND PATTERNS;

SAND;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; LOADING; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 11244306341     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.403     Document Type: Article

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