ABSTRACT
A series of one-dimensional compression and single particle crushing tests was carried out on several granular materials in order to understand their properties. On the basis of the evidence that 50% of the particles undergoing major splitting when the compression index Cc reaches a maximum, the ratio of the median single particle strengths to the characteristic tensile stress at Cc = maximum for particles embedded in the soil matrix was thought to be an indicator of the distribution of the stress induced on each particle.
