Study on mechanical behavior for methane hydrate sediment based on constant strain-rate test and unloading-reloading test under triaxial compression

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Miyazaki, Kuniyuki ^a   Masui, Akira ^a   Tenma, Norio ^a   Ogata, Yuji ^a   Aoki, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsutomu ^b   Sakamoto, Yasuhide ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Dilatancy; Methane hydrate; Reloading; Stress strain curve; Triaxial compression; Unloading

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DILATANCY; DOMINANT DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL MODEL; METHANE HYDRATE; METHANE HYDRATE SEDIMENTS; RATE TEST; RELOADING; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METHANE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; UNLOADING;

GAS HYDRATES;

COMPRESSION; CONSOLIDATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DILATANCY; HYDRATION; LOADING TEST; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNLOADING;

EID: 79953759488     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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