A constitutive model for soft clayey rocks that includes weathering effects

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-151

  Pinyol, N ^a   Vaunat, J ^a   Alonso, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Expansive soils; Plasticity; Soft rocks; Suction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; WEATHERING; WETTING;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; EXPANSIVE SOILS; SOFT ROCKS; SUCTION;

ROCKS;

AGGREGATE; CLAY SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPANSIVE SOIL; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT CLAY; STIFFNESS; SUCTION; TESTING METHOD; WEATHERING;

EID: 33947104976     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.2.137     Document Type: Article

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