Experimental Study on Fracture Behavior of a Silty Clay

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-311

  Wang, Jun Jie ^a   Zhu, Jun Gao ^b   Chiu, C F ^b   Chai, He Jun ^c  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND DESIGN INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

fracture; soil; test

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN ENERGY; BENDING TESTS; CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SILT;

FOUR-POINT; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE FAILURE; FRACTURES MECHANICS; K IC; MIXED MODE; SELF-WEIGHT; SILTY-CLAY; TEST; UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING;

BENDING TESTS; CLAY;

DRY DENSITY; FRACTURE FAILURES; PRECONSOLIDATION PRESSURE; SILTY CLAY;

EID: 34548345083     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ100715     Document Type: Article

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