The undrained cyclic behaviour of a carbonate sand

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 739-750

  Qadimi, A ^a,b   Coop, M R ^b  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Sands; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CYCLIC LOADS; PORE PRESSURE; STIFFNESS;

CARBONATE SAND; CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTS; MONOTONIC LOADING; PARTICLE BREAKAGE;

SAND;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION; CYCLIC LOADING; EFFECTIVE STRESS; LOADING TEST; OVERCONSOLIDATION; PORE PRESSURE; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TEST; STIFFNESS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 36049038014     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.9.739     Document Type: Article

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