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Hvorslev surface: a standalone construct

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Geotechnical engineering

part of the critical state framework giving the peak strength of heavily overconsolidated soil as a function of effective stress and specific volume.

In geotechnical engineering, Hvorslev surface refers to part of the critical state framework giving the peak strength of heavily overconsolidated soil as a function of effective stress and specific volume. This meaning comes from Schofield (1968) in Critical state soil mechanics.[1]

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References

Schofield, A. N. (1968). Critical state soil mechanics. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780641940484

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