Effect of compaction conditions on the seismic compression of compacted fill soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-379

  Whang, Daniel H ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^a   Bray, Jonathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic testing; Earthquakes; Ground failure; Seismic compression; Simple shear; Volumetric strain

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; CYCLIC LOADS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE;

CYCLIC TESTING; GROUND FAILURE; SEISMIC COMPRESSION; SIMPLE SHEAR; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 2342609141     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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