Effects of net stress and suction history on the small strain stiffness of a compacted clayey silt

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-462

  Vassallo, Roberto ^a   Mancuso, Claudio ^b   Vinale, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compacted; Small strain; Stiffness; Stress history; Unsaturated; Volumetric behaviour

Indexed keywords

SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

RESONANT COLUMN TORSIONAL SHEAR; SHEAR STIFFNESS; STRAIN STIFFNESS;

CLAY;

CLAY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

SHEAR TEST; SILTY SOIL; SOIL TEST; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 34447096584     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-129     Document Type: Article

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