Cone tip resistance in sand: Modeling, verification, and applications

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 977-993

  Ahmadi, M M ^a   Bryne, P M ^b   Campanella, R G ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration chamber; Cone tip resistance; In situ horizontal stress; Mohr Coulomb; Numerical modeling; Sand

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STRESSES;

CALIBRATION CHAMBER; CONE TIP RESISTANCE; IN SITU HORIZONTAL STRESS; MOHR-COULOMB ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIAL;

SAND;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 27744479469     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-030     Document Type: Article

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