Evaluation of shear modulus and damping in dynamic centrifuge tests

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1488-1497

  Brennan, A J ^a   Thusyanthan, N I ^a   Madabhushi, S P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Clays; Damping; Municipal wastes; Sand; Shear; Soil daynamics

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CLAY; DAMPING; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; WASTES;

CENTRIFUGE; DAMPING DEGRADATION; SOIL DYANMICS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

DAMPING; SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 28444486016     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:12(1488)     Document Type: Article

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