Analysis of swelling and shrinkage behavior of compacted clays

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-298

  Mishra, Anil Kumar ^a   Dhawan, Sarita ^b   Rao, Sudhakar M ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Maximum dry density; Optimum moisture content; Shrinkage; Swelling

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MINERALOGY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TESTING; SWELLING;

COMPACTED CLAY; VOID RATIO;

CLAY;

CLAY MINERAL; COMPACTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; RED SOIL; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING; VOID RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 42549119175     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-007-9165-0     Document Type: Article

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