Estimation of in-situ undrained strength of soft soil deposits by use of unconfined compression test with suction measurement

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 61-71

  Mitachi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kudoh, Yutaka ^c   Tsushima, Masaki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clay; Highly organic soil; Overconsolidation; Residual stress; Sample disturbance; Shear strength; Suction; Test procedure; Unconfined compression test (IGC: D6 D5 C6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044458022     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.41.5_61     Document Type: Article

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