The influence of particle breakage on the location of the critical state line of sands

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-600

  Bandini, V ^a   Coop, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbonate sands; Change of grading; Critical state line location; Particle breakage; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

BROKEN FRAGMENTS; CARBONATE SAND; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CRITICAL STATE LINES; EFFECTIVE STRESS; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; RECONSTITUTED SAMPLE; THIN SECTION; TRIAXIAL TEST; VOID RATIOS;

GRADING; SOILS;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY);

EID: 84867913721     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.51.591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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