Shear Strength and Stress-Strain behavior of Contaminated Soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Ratnaweera, Prasanna ^a   Meegoda, Jay N ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

dielectric constant; physicochemical interaction; pore fluid viscosity; shear strength; soil contamination; stress strain behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; PORE FLUIDS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL POLLUTION; VISCOSITY; CONTAMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; STRAIN; STRESSES;

% REDUCTIONS; FINE-GRAINED SOILS; FLUID VISCOSITY; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; PORE FLUID VISCOSITY; PORE FLUIDS; SHEARS STRENGTH; SOIL CONTAMINATION; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS;

SOILS;

PARTICLE CONTACTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL INTERACTION; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

EID: 33845262480     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ12686     Document Type: Article

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