Wetting, drying and compression characteristics of compacted clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-62

  Sivakumar, V ^a   Tan, W C ^a   Murray, E J ^b   McKinley, J D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Murray Rix Geotechnical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clays; Compaction; Partial saturation; Settlement; Suction

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSION; SOIL MECHANICS; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 33144474825     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2006.56.1.57     Document Type: Article

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