Behaviour of the stiff and sensitive Saint-Jean-Vianney clay in intact, destructured, and remoulded conditions

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1075-1087

  Saihi, Faten ^a   Leroueil, Serge ^a   La Rochelle, Pierre ^a   French, Ivan ^a  

^a Ministare des transports du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay; Destructuration; Large deformation shear strength; Microstructure; Shear strength; Triaxial test

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

DESTRUCTURATION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CLAY SOIL; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0036025919     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-053     Document Type: Article

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