The yielding of brittle unsaturated granular soils

Geotechnique

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-160

  Buscarnera, G ^a,b   Einav, I ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gravels; Partial saturation; Particle crushing crushability; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE MECHANICS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; GRANULAR AGGREGATES; GRANULAR SOILS; HOMOGENISATION; MECHANICAL PARTS; PARTIAL SATURATION; PARTICLE CRUSHING/ CRUSHABILITY; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC THEORY;

ELASTICITY; FREE ENERGY; GRAVEL; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AGGREGATE; BRITTLE MEDIUM; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SATURATION; SOIL MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84857669502     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.10.P.118     Document Type: Article

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