Direct shear testing of polished slickensided surfaces

Landslides

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-167

  Meehan, Christopher L ^a   Brandon, Thomas L ^b   Duncan, J Michael ^b   Tiwari, Binod ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Direct shear tests; Laboratory test; Residual strength; Shear strength; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CLAY PARTICLES; CLAY SOIL; DIRECT SHEAR; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; LABORATORY TEST; POLISHING TECHNIQUES; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; RING SHEAR; RING SHEAR TESTS; SHEAR PLANE; SOIL TYPES; TEST RESULTS;

CLAY; POLISHING; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TESTING; TORSIONAL STRESS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

CLAY SOIL; LABORATORY METHOD; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; TORSION;

EID: 77952981992     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0199-7     Document Type: Article

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