Engineering properties of fibrous peats

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 850-866

  Mesri, G ^a   Ajlouni, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Peat; Permeability; Shear strength; Soil compression; Soil consolidation

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES;

COMPRESSION INDEX; FIBROUS PEATS; SOIL COMPRESSION; SOIL CONSOLIDATION;

SOILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; EARTH PRESSURE; PEAT SOIL; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT CLAY; TRIAXIAL TEST; YOUNG MODULUS;

CLAY LINER; COMPRESSION; FIBER PROPERTY; FRICTION; PEAT FIBER; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRENGTH; TESTING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 34347332385     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:7(850)     Document Type: Article

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