Overall volume change, water volume change, and yield associated with an unsaturated compacted loess

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-329

  Chen, Zheng Han ^a   Fredlund, D G ^b   Gan, Julian K M ^c  

^a ARMY ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF PLA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MD Haug and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loess; Matric suction; Stress path; Triaxial shrinkage test; Unsaturated soil; Volume change; Water drainage; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; LOESS; SHRINKAGE; STRESS ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; PLASTICITY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TESTING;

MATRIC SUCTION; STRESS PATH; UNSATURATED COMPACTED LOESS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033237125     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-097     Document Type: Article

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