Potential improvements of design parameters by taking block samples of soft marine Norwegian clays

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 698-716

  Berre, Toralv ^a   Lunne, Tom ^a   Andersen, Knut H ^a   Strandvik, Stein ^a   Sjursen, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consolidation procedures; Sample disturbance; Soft clays; Stress strain strength behaviour

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LOADING RATE; OEDOMETER TEST; SOFT CLAY; TRIAXIAL TEST;

CLAY;

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SHEAR TEST; SOFT CLAY; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED TEST;

EID: 34848908064     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-011     Document Type: Article

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