The fabric of a clay soil under controlled mechanical and hydraulic stress states

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 99-115

  Al Mukhtar, M ^a   Belanteur, N ^a   Tessier, D ^b   Vanapalli, S K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanical and hydraulic stress state; Mercury porosimetric; Remoulded clay; Soil fabric; Transmission electron microscopy tests

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESSES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HYDRAULIC STRESS STATES; MECHANICAL STRESS STATES; MERCURY INTRUSION TEST; REMOULDED CLAY; SOIL FABRIC;

CLAY;

CLAY; CLAY SOIL; HYDRAULIC STRESS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SOIL FABRIC; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS;

EID: 0030422686     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(96)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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