Characterization of Yangsan clay, Pusan, Korea

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-104

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Mishima, Osamu ^a   Tanaka, Masanori ^a   Park, Sung Zae ^b   Jeong, Gyeong Hwan ^c   Locat, Jacques ^d  

^a Port and Harbour Research Institute   (Japan)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Dong A Geotechnical Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Consolidation yield stress; In situ test; Microstructure; Overconsolidation ratio; Pusan clay; Sample disturbance; Sensitivity (IGC: C6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003156207     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.41.2_89     Document Type: Article

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