Drained behaviour of Changi sand in triaxial and plane-strain compression

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Wanatowski, D ^a   Chu, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Plane strain; Sand; Stress strain behaviour; Triaxial

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; DILATANCY; DRAINED TEST; LABORATORY METHOD; PLANE STRAIN; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 34248389761     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486020601173193     Document Type: Article

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