Analysis of shear strength of armourstone based on 1 m3 direct shear tests

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 78, Issue , 2005, Pages 341-350

  Estaire, J ^a   Olalla, C ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Armourstone; Shear strength; Shear test

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CURVE FITTING; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ARMOURSTONE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; FITTING CURVES; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; MOHR-COULOMB STRENGTH; SHEAR BOX; SHEAR TESTS; VERTICAL STRESS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 49049088948     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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