The mechanical behaviour of a reconstituted unsaturated silty clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Cunningham, M R ^a   Ridley, A M ^a   Dineen, K ^a   Burland, J B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clays; Laboratory equipment; Laboratory tests; Partial saturation; Suction

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DRYING; DUCTILITY; SILT;

UNSATURATED SILTY CLAY;

CLAY;

CLAY SOIL; LABORATORY METHOD; SATURATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0037355444     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.183     Document Type: Article

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