Peak strength of overconsolidated clays

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-135

  Atkinson, J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clays; Laboratory tests; Shear strength; Stress paths

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PLASTICITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; WATER;

LABORATORY TESTS; MOHR-COULOMB CRITERION; STRESS PATHS; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

CLAY;

CLAY SOIL; MOHR THEORY; OVERCONSOLIDATION; POWER LAW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST; WATER CONTENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947095934     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.2.127     Document Type: Article

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