Effect of grain shape and angularity on the undrained response of fine sands

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-551

  Tsomokos, A ^a   Georgiannou, V N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angularity; Laboratory tests; Sands; Stiffness; Torsional shear; Triaxial compression

Indexed keywords

ANGULARITY; LABORATORY TEST; LABORATORY TESTS; TORSIONAL SHEAR; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

COMPRESSION TESTING; STIFFNESS;

SAND;

COMPRESSION; CYLINDER; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; TORSION; TRIAXIAL TEST; VOID RATIO;

EID: 77952620503     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-121     Document Type: Article

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