An improved direct shear apparatus for sand

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-256

  Lings, M L ^a   Dietz, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory equipment; Laboratory tests; Sands; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; SAND; SHEAR STRESS;

DIRECT SHEAR APPARATUS (DSA); SHEAR LOADS; SIMPLE SHEAR APPARATUS (SSA);

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST;

EID: 2542465263     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.4.245     Document Type: Article

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