The influence of structure on the pre-failure behaviour of a natural clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-544

  Cotecchia, F ^a,b   Chandler, R J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Fabric structure of soils; In situ testing; Microscopy; Shear strength; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CALCITE; CLAY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MICROANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; FABRIC; FRICTIONAL FLOW RULE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; STRAIN OEDOMETER;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0031210482     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.523     Document Type: Article

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