Anisotropy of small strain stiffness of undisturbed and reconstituted clays

Pre-Failure Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 3-10

  Lo Presti, Diego C F ^a   Pallara, Oronzo ^a   Jamiolkowski, Michele ^a   Cavallaro, Antonio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC SHEAR MODULUS; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; RECONSTITUTED SPECIMENS; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; SMALL-STRAIN SHEAR MODULUS; SMALL-STRAIN STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS ANISOTROPY; TRI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSION TESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEARING;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84897748242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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