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Behaviour of locked sand during cavity expansion
The oil sand deposits in Alberta, western Canada, are a peculiar material in relation to the conventional understanding of the stress-dilatancy and drainage properties of sands. These deposits have a dense locked sand structure with high viscosity bitumen occupying a large portion of their void …
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The mechanics of an unbonded locked sand at low effective stresses
… interlocking or both. Recent research on natural sand having a predominantly locked structure with very little cement bonding has shown that, at low stresses, this material tended to mobilise its peak strength at or slightly before the onset of dilation. The intact material also displayed peak …