Characteristics of soils with low plasticity: Intermediate soil from Ishinomaki, Japan and lean clay from Drammen, Norway

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-96

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Masanori ^a   Shiwakoti, Dinesh R ^a  

^a Port and Harbour Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ tests; Intermediate soil; Low plasticity; Residual effective stress; Sample quality; Unconfined compression strength; Undrained shear strength (IGC: C6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009660702     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.41.83     Document Type: Article

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