Stress-strain behaviour of a loosely compacted volcanic-derived soil and its significance to rainfall-induced fill slope failures

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 359-370

  Dai, Fuchu ^a   Lee, C F ^b   Wang, Sijing ^a   Feng, Yuyong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Residual soil; Slope failures; Soil mechanics; Stress path; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONSOLIDATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PORE PRESSURE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

VOLCANIC-DERIVED SOILS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

FAILURE MECHANISM; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VOLCANIC SOIL;

EID: 0032781804     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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