Shear behavior of compacted rubber fiber-clay composite in drained and undrained loading

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 767-781

  Özkul, Zeynep H ^a   Baykal, Gökhan ^b  

^a MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clays; Cracking; Drainage; Rubber; Soil compaction

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RUBBER; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TIRES; TOUGHNESS;

COMPACTED RUBBER; PERMEABILITY TESTS; SHEAR BEHAVIOR; SOIL COMPACTION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE; CRACKING; DUCTILITY; LOADING; PERMEABILITY; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILTY CLAY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL TEST;

CLAY LINER; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; CRACKING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LOADING (TESTING); PERMEABILITY; RUBBER FIBER; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRENGTH; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY; TIRE; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 34347366283     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:7(767)     Document Type: Article

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