A laboratory investigation on an undisturbed silty sand from a slope prone to landsliding

Granular Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Casini, Francesca ^a   Jommi, Cristina ^b   Springman, Sarah ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Instability; Laboratory tests; Slope analysis; Undisturbed silty sand

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; CRITICAL STATE; CRITICAL STATE LINES; DRAINAGE CONDITION; FAILURE CONDITIONS; FAILURE MECHANISM; IN-SITU; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY TEST; LANDSLIDING; PEAK SHEAR STRENGTH; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SILTY SANDS; SLOPE ANALYSIS; SOIL SPECIMENS; STATE PARAMETERS; STRAIN ACCELERATION; STRESS PATHS; STRESS RATIO; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; SWITZERLAND; TIME DEPENDENT; TRIAXIAL TEST; ULTIMATE FAILURE; UNDISTURBED SAMPLE; UNDRAINED; VOID RATIOS; WATER PRESSURES;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); LABORATORIES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLIP FORMING; SOILS;

SAND;

EID: 77954887835     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-010-0182-y     Document Type: Article

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