Dem analysis of soil fabric effects on behaviour of sand

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 483-495

  Yimsiri, S ^a   Soga, K ^b  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Constitutive relations; Fabric structure of soils; Laboratory tests; Numerical modelling; Sands

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DIFFERENT MODES; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; DRAINAGE CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INITIAL CONTACT; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPIC VIEWS; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PRESHEARING; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SHEAR BEHAVIOUR; SOIL BEHAVIOUR; SOIL FABRICS; SOIL SPECIMENS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED CONDITIONS;

ANISOTROPY; FABRICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SAND; SHEARING;

SOILS;

ANISOTROPY; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; DRAINAGE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SOIL STRUCTURE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 77953527078     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2010.60.6.483     Document Type: Article

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