Observations on the behaviour of clay fill containing occluded air bubbles

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Vaughan, P R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Suction

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; EMBANKMENTS; POROSITY;

OCCLUDED AIR BUBBLES;

CLAY;

AIR BUBBLE; CLAY SOIL; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; SUCTION;

EID: 0037354016     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.265     Document Type: Article

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