Changes to particle characteristics associated with the compression of sands

Geotechnique

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-471

  Altuhafi, F N ^a   Coop, M R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Particle crushing crushability; Sands

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION LINE; INITIAL DENSITY; MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE CRUSHING; PARTICLE SHAPE; PARTICLE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SOIL BEHAVIOUR;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SAND;

COMPRESSION; CRUSHING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MINERALOGY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79955899092     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.9.P.114     Document Type: Article

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