Drained behaviour of cemented sand in high pressure triaxial compression tests

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-174

  Marri, A ^a   Wanatowski, D ^b   Yu, H S ^b  

^a NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cemented sand; high pressure; shear strength; stress strain behaviour; triaxial compression

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; COMPRESSION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DRAIN; HIGH PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 84865496578     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486025.2012.663938     Document Type: Article

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