Expansive bentonite-sand mixtures in cyclic controlled-suction drying and wetting

Engineering Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-226

  Alonso, E E ^a   Romero, Enrique ^a   Hoffmann, C ^a   Garcia Escudero E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expansive clay; Model; Shrinkage; Suction; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; DRYING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXPANSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SHRINKAGE; STRAIN; WETTING;

BENTONITE-SAND MIXTURES; CYCLIC CONTROLLED-SUCTION; EXPANSIVE CLAY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

BENTONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SAND; WASTE DISPOSAL; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 27844577341     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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