Specimen Size and Scale Effects of Direct Shear Box Tests of Sands

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 507-516

  Cerato, Amy B ^a   Lutenegger, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct shear box; friction angle; Mohr Coulomb; sand; scale effects

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SHEAR FLOW; TRIBOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

DIRECT SHEAR; DIRECT SHEAR BOX; DIRECT SHEAR BOX TEST; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; FRICTION ANGLES; MOHR-COULOMB; RELATIVE DENSITY; SCALE EFFECTS; SHEAR BOX; SPECIMEN SIZES; DIRECT SHEAR BOXES; FRICTION ANGLE;

SAND;

EID: 33845448351     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ100312     Document Type: Article

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