Large-Scale Direct Shear Testing of Recycled Construction and Demolition Materials

Advances in Civil Engineering Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-36

  Piratheepan, J ^a   Arulrajah, A ^a   Disfani, M M ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cohesion; construction waste; internal angle of friction; large direct shear test; recycled materials; shear strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 85137038592     PISSN: 23791357     EISSN: 21653984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ACEM20120009     Document Type: Article

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