An experimental assessment of displacement fluctuations in a 2D granular material subjected to shear

Geotechnique Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 7-9, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Richefeu, V ^a   Combe, G ^a   Viggiani, G ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Particle scale behaviour

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CONTINUUM FIELDS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; DISPLACEMENT FLUCTUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HOMOGENEOUS DEFORMATION; IRREVERSIBLE DEFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE-SCALE BEHAVIOUR; SHEAR TESTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; ROCK MECHANICS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; SHEAR STRENGTH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84871846128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geolett.12.00029     Document Type: Article

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