Strain rate and structuring effects on the compressibility of a young clay

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 61, 1996, Pages 137-150

  Leroueil, Serge ^a   Perret, Didier ^a   Locat, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; PORE PRESSURE; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

ARTIFICIALLY SEDIMENTED CLAY; OEDOMETER TESTS; STRUCTURATION;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0030408875     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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