Influence of loading path on the undrained behaviour of a medium loose sand

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 166-180

  De Gennaro, V ^a   Canou, J ^a   Dupla, J C ^a   Benahmed, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cyclic mobility; Liquefaction; Loading path; Sands; Triaxial test

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CYCLIC LOADS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LIQUEFACTION; LOADING; SHRINKAGE; SOILS; STIFFNESS; STRESSES;

HOSTUN SAND; ISOTROPY;

SAND;

CYCLIC LOADING; LIQUEFACTION; LOADING TEST; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; UNDRAINED TEST;

EID: 1842789601     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-082     Document Type: Article

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