Constant pressure and constant volume direct shear tests on reinforced sand

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Qiu, Jin Ying ^a   Tatsuoka, Fumio ^b   Uchimura, Tard ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Constant pressure test); (Constant volume test); Dilatancy; Direct shear test; Reinforced soil; Shear band; Shear strength (IGC: D6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644461404     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.4_1     Document Type: Article

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