Elasto-plasticity of unsaturated soils: Laboratory test results on a remoulded silt

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-556

  Geiser, Françoise ^a   Laloui, Lyesse ^a   Vulliet, Laurent ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deformation; Laboratory tests; Partially saturated soil; Plasticity; Shear strength; Silts (IGC: D5 D6)

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILT;

CRITICAL STATE LINES; CURRENT MODELS; ELASTO-PLASTIC BEHAVIOURS; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIALLY SATURATED SOILS; PRECONSOLIDATION; UNSATURATED SOIL;

UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

EID: 37149031120     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.46.545     Document Type: Article

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