A plane strain apparatus for soils

An apparatus has been designed to investigate the mechanical behaviour of soils under plane strain. Provision has also been made to consolidate specimens under condition of no lateral yield prior to their shear; thus simulating the consolidation state in natural sedimentary deposits. The apparatus i...

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Main Author: Vaid, Yoginder Pal
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35337