Influence of the grain-size distribution curve of quartz sand on the small strain shear modulus Gmax

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1404-1418

  Wichtmann, T ^a   Triantafyllidis, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coefficients; Grain size; Sand; Shear modulus; Strain

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FORECASTING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SHEAR STRAIN; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COEFFICIENTS; CORRECTION FACTORS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; GRAIN SHAPES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU; INCREASING COEFFICIENTS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; QUARTZ SAND; RELATIVE DENSITY; RESONANT COLUMN TESTS; SHEAR MODULUS; SMALL-STRAIN SHEAR MODULUS; TEST DATA; TEST RESULTS; VOID RATIOS;

SAND;

GRAIN SIZE; QUARTZ; SAND; SHEAR MODULUS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; VOID RATIO;

EID: 70349548622     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000096     Document Type: Article

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