A soil structure index to predict rate dependence of stress-strain behavior

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 143, 2005, Pages 81-97

  Sheahan, Thomas C ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BOSTON BLUE CLAY (BBC); CONSTANT RATE OF STRAIN (CRS); PRECONSOLIDATION STRESS; STRUCTURE NUMBER (SN);

SOILS;

EID: 19844366276     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40797(172)4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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