Unconfined compressive strength of a silty soil and kaolin below the residual state

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Advances in Unsaturated Geotechnics, GSP 99

Volumn 287, Issue , 2000, Pages 262-274

  Nishimura, T ^a   Fredlund, D G ^b  

^a ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CEMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; KAOLIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; COMPRESSION TESTS; FAILURE ENVELOPES; GROUND SURFACES; RESIDUAL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER FLUXES; TEST PROGRAMS; TWO TYPES; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS); WIDE-RANGE;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 0037956025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40510(287)18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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