Volumetric strains of clean sands subject to cyclic loads

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1073-1085

  Duku, Pendo M ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b   Whang, Daniel H ^a   Yee, Eric ^b  

^a Univ of California Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Cyclic loads; Earthquakes; Sand; Seismic effects; Volume change

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC LOADS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STRAIN; SULFATE MINERALS;

COMPRESSION; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; PARTICLE ANGULARITY; RELATIVE DENSITIES; SAND; SEISMIC COMPRESSION; SEISMIC EFFECTS; SIMPLE SHEAR; STRAIN CYCLING; UNIFORM SHEAR; UNIFORMITY COEFFICIENT; VERTICAL STRAIN; VOID RATIO; VOLUME CHANGE; VOLUME CHANGES; VOLUMETRIC STRAINS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION; CYCLIC LOADING; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERCONSOLIDATION; SAND; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR TEST; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 48449099215     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:8(1073)     Document Type: Article

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