Hydromechanical behaviour of a compacted swelling soil under very high suctions;Comportement hydromécanique d'un sol gonflant compacté sous trés fortes succions

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-210

  Cuisinier, Olivier ^a   Masrouri, Farimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Compacted soil; Compressibility; Fine soil; Hydromechanical behaviour; Soils; Suction; Swelling soil

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SWELLING;

COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDROMECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SWELLING;

ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE; SOIL; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL QUALITY; SUCTION;

EID: 0242684491     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0721(03)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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