Swelling behaviour of expansive shales from the middle region of Saudi Arabia

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-307

  Al Mhaidib, Abdullah I ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Oedometer tests; Shale; Swelling pressure; Triaxial tests; Vertical swell

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SHALE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SWELLING;

EXPANSIVE SHALES; OEDOMETER SWELLING TESTS; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; HEAVE; OEDOMETER TEST; SHALE; SWELLING;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032310920     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008819025348     Document Type: Article

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