Experimental assessment of 3D particle-to-particle interaction within sheared sand using synchrotron microtomography

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-379

  Hasan, A ^a   Alshibli, K A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabric structure of soils; Sands; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

DENSE PACKING; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOILS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAJOR PRINCIPAL STRESS; NATURAL SILICA; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; PLANE STRAIN CONDITION; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SAND PARTICLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCHROTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; VOID RATIOS; VOXEL SIZE;

SHEAR BANDS; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SYNCHROTRONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAILURE MECHANISM; PLANE STRAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL STRUCTURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; VOID RATIO;

EID: 77956244770     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2010.60.5.369     Document Type: Article

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