Influence of base course gradation on response of granular bases under cyclic loading: A micromechanical study

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 893-896

  Han, J ^a   Bhandari, A ^a   Parsons, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic load; Geogrid; Gradation; Micromechanics; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; BASE COURSE; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CONFINING STRESS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DIFFERENT SIZES; FRICTION ANGLES; GEOGRIDS; GRADATION; GRANULAR PARTICLES; GRID STRUCTURES; LOAD CYCLE; MICRO-MECHANICAL; PARTICLE FLOW CODE; RAMP LOAD; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CYCLIC LOADS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84859982655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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