Weak tensile characteristics of loess in China - An important reason for ground fissures

Engineering Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Sun, Ping ^a,b   Peng, Jian bing ^c   Chen, Li wei ^d   Yin, Yue ping ^e   Wu, Shu ren ^a,b  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING CO   (China)

^e CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Dry density; Ground fissures; Tensile characteristics; Tensile strength; Uniaxial tensile test; Water content

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DRY DENSITY; GROUND FISSURE; GROUND FISSURES; LOESS AREA; TENSILE CHARACTERISTICS; TENSILE TESTS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING; WATER CONTENT;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DRY DENSITY; FISSURE; LOESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; UNIAXIAL TEST; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 69249229608     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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