Cyclic shear response of channel-fill Fraser River Delta silt

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 854-869

  Sanin, M V ^a   Wijewickreme, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclic loading; Direct simple shear testing; Liquefaction; Natural silt

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; CYCLIC LOADS; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CYCLIC SHEAR RESISTANCE; DIRECT SIMPLE SHEAR TESTING; OVERCONSOLIDATION RATIO (OR);

SILT;

CYCLIC LOADING; LIQUEFACTION; SHEAR TEST; SILT;

EID: 33746375643     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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