Cyclic loading response of loose air-pluviated Fraser River sand for validation of numerical models simulating centrifuge tests

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 550-561

  Wijewickreme, Dharma ^a   Sriskandakumar, Somasundaram ^a   Byrne, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pluviation; Cyclic loading; Direct simple shear testing; Fabric; Liquefaction of sands; Specimen preparation

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC LOADS; DENSIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOIL TESTING; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

AIR-PLUVIATION; CENTRIFUGE TEST; DIRECT SIMPLE SHEAR TESTING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CYCLIC LOADING; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 24044462105     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-119     Document Type: Article

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