Metastable states of silty clays during drying

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 992-999

  Cafaro, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desaturation; Drying; Fabric; Matric suction; Silty clays; Volume change

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CONSOLIDATION; DRYING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL SURVEYS;

METASTABILITY;

CLAY;

SILTY CLAY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUCTION; VOLUME CHANGE; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 0036025554     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-039     Document Type: Article

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