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Behavior of calcareous sands of northern coast in Egypt under cyclic triaxial loading /

Shehab Sherif Wissa Agaiby

Behavior of calcareous sands of northern coast in Egypt under cyclic triaxial loading / سلوك الرمل الجيري للساحل الشمالي بمصر تحت تأثير تحميل ترددي ثلاثي الإتجاهات Shehab Sherif Wissa Agaiby ; Supervised Hussein H. Elmamlouk , Manal A. Salem - Cairo : Shehab Sherif Wissa Agaiby , 2011 - 131 P. : charts ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering

The engineering behavior of calcareous sands is known to be different than that of siliceous sands. This difference is attributed primarily to the crushable nature of calcareous sands and is essentially soil-specific as there is inherent great variability in the properties and percentages of the carbonates forming these sands



Calcareous sand Cyclic loading Triaxial