Laboratory investigation on the strength characteristic of frozen sand considering effect of confining pressure

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Yang, Yugui ^a   Lai, Yuanming ^a   Li, Jingbo ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Frozen sand; Pressure melting; Strength criterion; Stress strain curve

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; CONVENTIONAL TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; CUBIC POLYNOMIALS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAILURE CRITERIA; FAILURE MECHANISM; HIGH CONFINING PRESSURE; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; PRESSURE MELTING; STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS; STRENGTH CRITERIA; STRENGTH CRITERION; STRENGTH FUNCTION; STRESS STATE; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE TESTS;

COMPRESSION TESTING; CRUSHING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MELTING; POLYNOMIALS; ROCK PRESSURE; SAND; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONFINING PRESSURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FROZEN GROUND; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 72249088407     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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