Suction effects on rockfill compressibility

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-292

  Oldecop, L A ^a   Alonso, E E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Oedometer; Rockfill; Suction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; OEDOMETER TEST; ROCKFILL; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUCTION;

EID: 0037355484     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.289     Document Type: Article

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