Soil-particle and pore orientations during drained and undrained shear of a cohesive sandy silt-clay soil

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1127-1138

  Cetin, Hasan ^a   Söylemez, Mehmet ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aseismic; Preferred orientation; Seismic; Shear test; Soil fabric; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CREEP; DRAINAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

ASEISMIC FAULTS; CREEPING FAULTS; PORE ORIENTATIONS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENTS;

SILT;

SEISMICITY; SHEAR TEST; SITE EFFECT; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 15544364931     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-055     Document Type: Article

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