Some mechanical properties of reconstituted Boom clay

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-352

  Bouazza, A ^a   Van Impe, W F ^b   Haegeman, W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boom clay; Critical state; Normally consolidated; Reconstituted clay; Undrained tests

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSIBILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE;

BOOM CLAY; CRITICAL STATE; RECONSTITUTED CLAY; UNDRAINED TESTS;

CLAY;

BOOM CLAY; CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECONSTITUTED CLAY; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0030429105     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00421948     Document Type: Article

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