Correlation of surface fractal dimension with frictional angle at critical state of sands

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 691-695

  Xu, Y F ^a   Sun, D A ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fabric of soils; Friction; Laboratory tests; Sands; Shear strength; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STATE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 33144480979     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.9.691     Document Type: Review

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