A laboratory study of normally consolidated kaolin clay

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Prashant, Amit ^a   Penumadu, Dayakar ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Normally consolidated clay; Pore pressure; Stress strain behavior; Testing methods

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSOLIDATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FRICTION MATERIALS; PORE PRESSURE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COHESIVE SOILS; FAILURE CRITERIA; SOIL BEHAVIOR; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

KAOLIN;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY MINERAL; CONSOLIDATION; KAOLIN; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 19944371394     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-076     Document Type: Article

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