Characterization of cemented sand by experimental and numerical investigations

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 992-1004

  Wang, Y H ^a   Leung, S C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Banding; Bonding; Dilatancy; Discrete elements; Stress; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PILES;

BOND BREAKAGES; CEMENT CONTENTS; CEMENTED SANDS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PEAK STRENGTHS; SMALL STRAINS; STR ENGTH PARAMETERS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); STRENGTH R EDUCTION; STRESS DILATANCY (IGC: D6); TRIAXIAL TESTS (IGC: D5/D6);

NUMBER THEORY;

DILATANCY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 45749121872     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:7(992)     Document Type: Article

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