Liquefaction susceptibility criteria for silts and clays

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1413-1426

  Boulanger, Ross W ^a   Idriss, I M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Cyclic strength; Earthquakes; Fine grained soils; Liquefaction; Silts; Soil strength

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CYCLIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN;

FINE-GRAINED SOILS; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; UNDRAINED LOADING TEST;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CLAY; CYCLIC LOADING; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GROUND MOTION; LIQUEFACTION; LOADING TEST; PLASTICITY; SILT; SOIL STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

LOADING (TESTING); MECHANICS; STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 33751219525     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:11(1413)     Document Type: Article

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