A method for determination of φb for statically compacted soils

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-280

  Oloo, S Y ^a   Fredlund, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct shear test; Matric suction; Shear strength; Statically compacted soils; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; WATER;

ANALYSIS METHOD; DIRECT SHEAR APPARATUS; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; MATRIC SUCTION; STATICALLY COMPACTED SOILS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

COMPACTED SOIL; SHEAR STRENGTH; UNSATURATED SOIL;

EID: 0030114403     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-006     Document Type: Article

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