Compressibility and shear strength of a residual soil

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1385-1401

  Mohamedzein, Yahia E A ^a   Aboud, Mohammed H ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Correlations; Residual soils; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

RESIDUAL SOILS; SANDY CLAYEY SILT;

SOIL MECHANICS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; IN SITU TEST; RESIDUAL SOIL; SANDY CLAY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY;

AFRICA; AL-KHARTUM; EAST AFRICA; OMDURMAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 33748313058     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-2630-8     Document Type: Article

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