Assessment of engineering properties of Bangkok clay

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-187

  Horpibulsuk, Suksun ^a   Shibuya, Satoru ^b   Fuenkajorn, Kittitep ^a   Katkan, Wanchai ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangkok clay; Compression; Destructed state; Intrinsic state line; Permeability; Structured state; Vane share strength

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; YIELD STRESS;

BANGKOK CLAY; INTRINSIC STATE LINE; STRUCTURED STATE; VOID RATIO;

CLAY;

CLAY; COMPACTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; YIELD STRESS;

CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; STRESS; VOID RATIO;

EID: 34249820001     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-101     Document Type: Article

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