Spatial variation of void ratio and shear band thickness in sand using X-ray computed tomography

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Alshibli, K A ^a   Hasan, A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabric structure of soils; Microscopy; Strain localisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; SHEAR BANDS; SHEARING; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

AXIAL DIRECTIONS; COMPUTER ALGORITHMS; CONFINING PRESSURES; CT DATUMS; CT IMAGES; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOILS; INCLINATION ANGLES; LOADING CONDITIONS; MICROSCOPY; MINOR PRINCIPAL STRESSES; RELATIVE DENSITIES; SHEAR BAND THICKNESSES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL SUMMARIES; STRAIN LOCALISATION; VOID RATIOS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

SHEARING MACHINES;

ALGORITHM; CONFINING PRESSURE; LOADING; MICROSCOPY; SAND; SHEAR BAND; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOID RATIO;

EID: 57849128384     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.4.249     Document Type: Article

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