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initial particulate fabrics in terms of particle and void space
spatial arrangement to investigate the uniqueness of the critical
state. It is found that a unique fabric is obtained at large strains
where the stresses and volume of the assemblages are
essentially constant. Fabric at critical state is correlated to the
loading direction. This study is only limited to the case whereas
the loading direction remains the same.
6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge the research fund
provided by the University of Hong Kong (Project Code:
200908159002).
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