Mechanisms controlling the undrained shear strength behaviour of clays

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1030-1038

  Sridharan, A ^a   Prakash, K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Clays; Cohesion; Fabric structure of soils; Friction; Mineralogy; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; KAOLIN; MINERALOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

MONTMORILLONITIC SOILS;

CLAY;

CLAY MINERAL; KAOLIN; MONTMORILLONITE; SHEAR STRENGTH; UNDRAINED TEST;

EID: 0033509245     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-071     Document Type: Article

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