Small-strain stiffness of reconstituted clay compressed along constant triaxial effective stress ratio paths

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 475-489

  Rampello, S ^a   Viggiani, G M B ^b   Amorosi, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay; Laboratory tests; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRESSES;

BENDER ELEMENT TESTS; EFFECTIVE STRESS RATIO; OVERCONSOLIDATION RATIO; SHEAR MODULUS; VOID RATIO;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; LAB TEST; LABORATORY TEST; RECONSTITUTED; SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0031208079     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.475     Document Type: Article

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