Ageing effects in a compacted bentonite: A microstructure approach

Geotechnique

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 291-304

  Delage, P ^a   Marcial, D ^b   Cui, Y J ^b   Ruiz, X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expansive soils; Laboratory tests; Microscopy; Partial saturation; Radioactive waste disposal; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MICROSTRUCTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL TESTING; WATER;

EXPANSIVE SOILS; LABORATORY TESTS; PARTIAL SATURATION; TIME DEPENDENCE;

CLAY;

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL AGGREGATE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33746018719     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2006.56.5.291     Document Type: Article

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