The direct shear strength and dilatancy of sand-gravel mixtures

A total of 87 direct shear tests in a large direct shear-box apparatus have been used to investigate the strength and dilatancy of sand-gravel mixtures. This paper focuses on the differences in behaviour between a silica sand (yellow Leighton Buzzard sand) and sand-gravel mixtures obtained by adding...

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Main Authors: Simoni, A, Houlsby, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006