Effects of sample disturbance and consolidation procedures on measured shear strength of soft marine Norwegian clays

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 726-750

  Lunne, Tom ^a   Berre, Toralv ^a   Andersen, Knut H ^a   Strandvik, Stein ^a   Sjursen, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consolidation procedures; Sample disturbance; Soft clays; Stress strain strength behaviour; Stress strain time behaviour

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; MOISTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESSES;

CEMENTATION BONDS; DIRECT SIMPLE SHEAR; RECONSOLIDATION TECHNIQUE; SAMPLE DISTURBANCE; SOFT CLAYS;

CLAY;

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; MOISTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESSES;

CONSOLIDATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; LABORATORY METHOD; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; SOFT CLAY; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 33747799653     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-040     Document Type: Article

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