NINTH LAURITS BJERRUM MEMORIAL LECTURE: "SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL"--THE STIFFNESS OF SOILS AT SMALL STRAINS

The purpose of this lecture is to show how field measurements of displacement around foundations and excavations combined with numerical analysis and recent developments in laboratory techniques have together brought about improvements in the understanding of the stiffness properties of a wide range of soils at the low levels of strain often encountered in practice.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council of Canada

  Research Journals
  Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Burland, J B
• Publication Date: 1989-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 499-516
• Serial:
  • CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: National Research Council of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dislocation (Geology); Excavations; Field tests; Foundations; Laboratory tests; Numerical analysis; Soils; Stiffness; Strain (Mechanics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field measurements
• Old TRIS Terms: Foundations (Structures); Strains
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491967
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM