Anisotropic shear strength of a residual soil of sandstone

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-376

  Bica, Adriano Virgilio Damiani ^a   Bressani, Luiz Antônio ^a   Vendramin, Diego ^b   Martins, Flávia Burmeister ^c   Ferreira, Pedro Miguel Vaz ^d   Gobbi, Felipe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Medabil VDSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Residual soil; Triaxial test; Undrained collapse; Yield surface

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSION TESTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

RESIDUAL SOIL; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED COLLAPSE; YIELD SURFACE;

SANDSTONE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSION TESTING; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

ANISOTROPY; BEDDING PLANE; COLLAPSE; COMPRESSION; CONSOLIDATION; LABORATORY METHOD; RESIDUAL SOIL; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED TEST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42549089004     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-098     Document Type: Article

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