Elastic-plastic modelling of unsaturated soil using results from a new triaxial test with controlled suction

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Blatz, J A ^a   Graham, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clays; Constitutive relations; Expansive soils; Laboratory tests

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; ELASTICITY; LOADS (FORCES); PLASTICITY; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0037294582     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.1.113     Document Type: Article

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