Compression of granular materials

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-392

  Mesri, Gholamreza ^a   Vardhanabhuti, Barames ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coefficient of earth pressure at rest; Compression; Sand; Secondary compression; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF EARTH PRESSURE AT REST; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION BEHAVIOR; COMPRESSION DATA; COMPRESSION INDEX; DENSE SANDS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FRICTION ANGLES; INTERPARTICLE FRICTION; LATERAL PRESSURES; PARTICLE REARRANGEMENT; PARTICLE STRENGTH; SECONDARY COMPRESSION; SECONDARY COMPRESSION INDEX; VERTICAL STRESS; VOID RATIOS;

DATA COMPRESSION; FRICTION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS; ROTATION; SAND;

YIELD STRESS;

COMPRESSION; PARTICLE MOTION; PRESSURE; SAND; STRESS;

EID: 66849135309     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T08-123     Document Type: Article

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