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Original Articles

Cyclic Behaviors of Saturated Sand-Gravel Mixtures under Undrained Cyclic Triaxial Loading

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Pages 756-789 | Received 29 Aug 2017, Accepted 19 Oct 2018, Published online: 13 Nov 2018

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