Impact of stress state on the dynamic shear modulus of unsaturated, compacted soils during drying

Unsaturated Soils: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 759-764

  Khosravi, Ali ^a   McCartney, John S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Matric suction; Path dependent effective stress; Shear modulus; Suction stress; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SHEAR MODULUS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; SMALL-STRAIN SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SUCTION STRESS; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; UNSATURATED SOIL;

DRYING; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELASTIC MODULI; LOADING; SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOILS;

EID: 84875186539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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