A compression line for soils with evolving particle and pore size distributions due to particle crushing

Geotechnique Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-9

  Russell, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Fractals; Particle crushing

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; COMPRESSION LINE; ENERGY EQUATION; HIGH STRESS; LOAD REDISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE CRUSHING; PORE SURFACE AREAS; SURROUNDING SOILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CRUSHING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN ENERGY;

PORE SIZE;

CAM-CLAY MODEL; COMPRESSIBILITY; CRUSHING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 83655202551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geolett.10.00003     Document Type: Article

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