Collapse behaviour of unsaturated compacted soil with different initial densities

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 673-686

  Sun, De'an ^a   Sheng, Daichao ^b   Xu, Yongfu ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collapse; Degree of saturation; Density; Suction; Triaxial test; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; CURRENT DENSITY; DEFORMATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STRESS CONCENTRATION; WETTING;

CONTROLLED-SUCTION TRIAXIAL TEST; DEGREE OF SATURATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; COMPACTION; CURRENT DENSITY; DEFORMATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WETTING;

COLLAPSE; DEFORMATION; DENSITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SATURATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL WATER; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 34848926102     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-023     Document Type: Article

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