Dilatancy and shear strength of sand at low confining pressures

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 527-532

  Chakraborty, T ^a   Salgado, R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilatancy; Friction angle; Low confining stress; Sand; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; CONFINING STRESS; CRITICAL-STATE; FRICTION ANGLE; FRICTION ANGLES; LOW CONFINING PRESSURE; LOW CONFINING STRESS; LOW LEVEL; PLANE-STRAIN COMPRESSION TESTS; RELATIVE DENSITY; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

COMPRESSION TESTING; DATA COMPRESSION; FRICTION; ROCK PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY;

SAND;

COMPRESSION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DENSITY; DILATANCY; FRICTION; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77952318462     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000237     Document Type: Article

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