The influence of particle characteristics on the behaviour of coarse grained soils

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 413-423

  Cavarretta, I ^a   Coop, M ^b   O'Sullivan, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friction; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CHARACTERISATION; COARSE-GRAINED SOILS; COMPRESSION TESTS; CONTACT LOAD; CONTACT POINTS; CONTACT STIFFNESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; GLASS BALLOTINI; LOAD DEFORMATION; MACRO SCALE; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MICRO-SCALES; OEDOMETER TESTS; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PARTICLE SHAPE; PARTICLE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; PLASTIC STRAIN; PLASTIC YIELD; SHEARING TESTS; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SINGLE PARTICLE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

COMPRESSION TESTING; END EFFECTORS; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY;

SOIL TESTING;

COHESIONLESS SOIL; COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRICTION; OEDOMETER TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 77953501718     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2010.60.6.413     Document Type: Article

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