Disturbance effects in pressuremeter tests in clay

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 738-759

  Silvestri, Vincenzo ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borehole disturbance; Case histories; Clay; Pressuremeter; Stress strain curves; Undrained shear strength

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HARDENING; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BOREHOLE DISTURBANCES; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; OVERPUSHING- AND OVERCUTTING-INDUCED DISTURBANCES; PRESSUREMETERS;

CLAY;

CLAY; DISTURBANCE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRESSUREMETER; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 8744229715     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-019     Document Type: Article

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