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ACTIVE COEFFICIENT EARTH PRESSURE [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

The minimum ratio of: (1) the minor principal stress, to (2) the major principal stress. This is applicable where the granular mass has yielded sufficiently to develop the lower limiting value of the minor principal stress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

rapport minimum de : (1) La contrainte principale mineure à (2) la contrainte principale majeure. Ceci est applicable là où la masse granulaire a subi une déformation suffisante pour développer la valeur limite inférieure à la contrainte principale mineure.

Spanish

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