Collapsibility of loess and its discrimination criteria

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 550-556

  Ye, Wei Min ^a   Cui, Yu Jun ^b   Huang, Yu ^a   Delage, P ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Collapsibility; Discrimination criteria for collapsibility; High speed train (TGV); Loess; Soil mechanics

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RAILROAD CARS; RAIN; SOILS;

COLLAPSIBILITY; DISCRIMINATION CRITERIA; HIGH SPEED TRAIN (TGV); LOESS; NORTHERN FRANCE; SINKHOLES; WATER CONTENTS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 33646738935     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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