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Predictive soil mechanics: Proceedings of the Wroth Memorial Symposium held at St Catherine's College, Oxford, 27-29 July 1992
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G. T. Houlsby
G. T. Houlsby
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/psm.19164
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978-0-7277-4871-3
Publication date:
1992
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The key material properties in geotechnical engineering need to be measured instead of being specified

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J. Graham
J. Graham
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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J. Graham
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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  • Published:
    1992

  • Introduction

  • The need to measure soil properties

  • Which properties?

  • Elasto-plasticity and soil behaviour

  • Principal themes

  • Laboratory testing

  • In situ testing

  • Stiffness and displacements

  • Improved soil models

  • Disturbance

  • Concluding remarks

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