Instability of dilative sand

A type of pre-failure instability which occurs for medium loose to dense sand under fully drained conditions is studied in this paper. It is observed experimentally that when a specimen is sheared along a drained stress path involving a decrease in the effective mean stress, it becomes unstable afte...

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Main Authors: Chu, J., Wanatowski, D., Leong, W.K., Loke, W.L., He, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing) 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49584/