Problems in identifying the effects of structure and critical state in a soil with a transitional behaviour

Geotechnique

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 445-454

  Ferreira, P M V ^a   Bica, A V D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Constitutive relations; Fabric structure of soils; Laboratory tests; Residual soils

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; KAOLIN; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CRITICAL STATE LINES; LABORATORY TESTS; RESIDUAL SOIL;

CLAY;

CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; CRITICAL STATE; KAOLIN; RESIDUAL SOIL; SAND;

EID: 33748568472     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2006.56.7.445     Document Type: Review

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