Undrained monotonic response of clean and silty sands

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-288

  Murthy, T G ^a   Loukidis, D ^a   Carraro, J A H ^b   Prezzi, M ^a   Salgado, R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabric structure of soils; Laboratory tests; Sands; Shear strength; Silts

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILT; SLURRIES;

MEAN EFFECTIVE STRESS; SLURRY DEPOSITION; UNDRAINED INSTABILITY; VOID RATIO;

SAND;

EFFECTIVE STRESS; LABORATORY METHOD; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILTY SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE; UNDRAINED TEST; VOID RATIO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 34147134438     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.3.273     Document Type: Article

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