Small-strain stress-strain properties of expanded polystyrene geofoam

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Abdelrahman, G E ^a   Kawabe, Shohei ^b   Tsukamoto, Yoshimichi ^c   Tatsuoka, Fumio ^c  

^a FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Ditto ^*

Author keywords

Expanded polystyrene geofoam; Poisson's ratio; Unconfmed compression test; Young's modulus (IGC: D0 E0)

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; POISSON RATIO; POLYSTYRENES; STRAIN;

CONTINUOUS MONOTONIC LOADING; EQUIVALENT PARAMETERS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; GEOFOAMS; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; LOCAL DEFORMATION TRANSDUCER; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EID: 67650750583     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.48.61     Document Type: Article

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