Behavior of EPS geofoam in stress-controlled cyclic uniaxial tests

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 514-524

  Trandafir, Aurelian C ^a   Bartlett, Steven F ^b   Lingwall, Bret N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic properties; EPS geofoam; Static deviator stress; Stress controlled cyclic uniaxial tests

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STRAIN; BUFFER FUNCTIONS; COMPRESSIBLE INCLUSION; CYCLIC STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; CYCLIC TESTS; DAMPING RATIO; DEVIATOR STRESS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ELASTOPLASTIC BEHAVIOR; GEOFOAMS; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTECHNICAL; LABORATORY STUDIES; LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE; LITTLE RESEARCH; MONOTONIC LOADING; PLASTIC STRAIN; RETAINING STRUCTURE; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; UNIAXIAL TESTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSION TESTING; CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RIGID STRUCTURES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; TESTING;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

CYCLIC LOADING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTH PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GEOMEMBRANE; LABORATORY METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; UNIAXIAL TEST; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 78249263844     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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