The influence of structure on the behaviour of London Clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-31

  Gasparre, A ^a,b   Nishimura, S ^b   Coop, M R ^b   Jardine, R J ^b  

^a GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTING GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Fabric structure of soils; Geology; Laboratory tests; Stress path

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC STIFFNESS ANISOTROPY; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOILS; LABORATORY TESTS; STRESS PATH;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; GEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

CLAY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION; ISOTROPY; LABORATORY METHOD; LONDON CLAY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL STRUCTURE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SWELLING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEATHROW AIRPORT; HILLINGDON; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846860249     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.1.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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