Macro-micro measurement of particle arrangement in sheared kaolinitic matrices

Geotechnique

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 493-499

  Dudoignon, P ^a   Pantet, A ^a   Carrara, L ^a   Velde, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Clays; Consolidation; Fabric structure of soils; Image analysis; Laboratory tests; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

SHEARED KAOLINITIC MATRICES;

KAOLIN;

CLAY; KAOLINITE; MATRIX; ORIENTATION; SHEAR TEST; SOIL STRUCTURE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0035436157     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2001.51.6.493     Document Type: Article

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