Influence of matric suction on shear strength behavior of a residual clayey soil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 891-901

  Kayadelen, C ^a   Tekinsoy, M A ^b   Taskiran T ^c  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Matric suction; Residual clay; Shear strength; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL FRICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; WATER;

CLAYEY SOIL; LOGARITHMIC MODEL; MATRIC SUCTION; UNSATURATED SOILS;

SOILS;

CLAY SOIL; MATRIC POTENTIAL; POREWATER; RESIDUAL SOIL; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 36448983561     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0701-2     Document Type: Article

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