Undrained monotonic response of sand-silt mixtures: Effect of nonplastic fines

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-58

  Dash, H K ^a   Sitharam, T G ^b  

^a Biju Patnaik University of Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Gross void ratio; Interfine void ratio; Limiting silt content; Peak strength; Relative density; Sand skeleton void ratio

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; FINES; SAND; SILT; STRENGTH; UNDRAINED TEST; VOID RATIO;

EID: 79951627432     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486021003706796     Document Type: Article

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