Strength properties of JSC-1A lunar regolith simulant

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-679

  Alshibli, Khalid A ^a   Hasan, Alsidqi ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilatancy; Friction; Moon; Shear strength; Soil strength

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRICTION; GRAVITATION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROCK PRESSURE; SOILS; TRIBOLOGY;

ASTM STANDARDS; AXI-SYMMETRIC; CONFINING PRESSURES; CRITICAL STATE; DILATANCY; DILATANCY ANGLES; EFFECTIVE STRESS; LUNAR REGOLITHS; MOHR COULOMBS; REGOLITH SAMPLES; RELATIVE DENSITIES; SOIL STRENGTH; SPECIFIC GRAVITIES; STRENGTH BEHAVIORS; STRENGTH PARAMETERS; STRENGTH PROPERTIES; STRESS STRAINS; VOLUME CHANGES;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

CONFINING PRESSURE; COULOMB CRITERION; DILATANCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LUNAR SOIL; MOHR THEORY; PARAMETERIZATION; REGOLITH; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL PROPERTY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 65449174309     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000068     Document Type: Article

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