Effect of depositional method on the undrained response of silty sand

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1525-1537

  Wood, Fletcher M ^a   Yamamuro, Jerry A ^b   Lade, Poul V ^c  

^a Civil Engineering Department   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Deposition; Depositional method; Fines; Liquefaction; Sand; Silt; Specimen reconstitution; Stress strain; Undrained testing

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CURING; DEPOSITION; LIQUEFACTION; SAND; SILT;

DENSITY; DEPOSITIONAL METHOD; FINES; SPECIMEN RECONSTITUTION; STRESS-STRAIN; UNDRAINED TESTING;

SEDIMENTATION;

COMPRESSION; DENSITY; DEPOSITION; ISOTROPY; LIQUEFACTION; SILT; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 55749083212     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T08-079     Document Type: Article

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