Collapse behavior of compacted silty clay in suction-monitored oedometer apparatus

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 867-877

  Jotisankasa, Apiniti ^a   Ridley, Andrew ^b,c   Coop, Matthew ^c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Geotechnical Observations Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collapsible soils; Elastoplasticity; Soil deformation; Soil suction; Soil tests; Unsaturated soils; Yield

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; SILT; SOIL TESTING; STRESSES;

COLLAPSE BEHAVIOR; COMPACTED SILTY CLAY; OEDOMETER; SOIL SUCTION; SUCTION-MONITOR OEDOMETER TESTS; UNSATURATED SOILS;

CLAY;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; LOADING; OEDOMETER TEST; SILTY CLAY; SOIL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

CLAY LINER; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FABRIC PROPERTY; LOADING (TESTING); MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL BURIAL TEST; STRESS; TESTING INSTRUMENT;

EID: 34347330238     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:7(867)     Document Type: Article

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