Yield stress of super soft clays

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 499-509

  Fakher, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

SUPER SOFT CLAYS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT CLAY; STRESS; WATER CONTENT; YIELD;

EID: 0032785249     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:6(499)     Document Type: Article

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