Modelling the influence of stress-strain history on the initial shear stiffness of an unsaturated compacted silt

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-472

  Vassallo, Roberto ^a   Mancuso, Claudio ^b   Vinale, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compacted; Small strain; Stiffness; Stress history; Unsaturated; Volumetric behaviour

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HARDNESS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

DRYING-WETTING CYCLE; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

SILT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HARDNESS; SILT; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

COMPACTED SEDIMENT; COMPRESSION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HARDENING; LOADING; SHEAR; SILT; STIFFNESS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 34447101902     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-130     Document Type: Article

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