Effects of ageing on small-strain stiffness of overconsolidated clays

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 319-322

  Rammah, K I ^a   Val, D V ^b   Puzrin, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Dynamics; Elasticity; Laboratory tests; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AGING; OVERCONSOLIDATION; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 3142761667     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.5.319     Document Type: Article

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