Hydromechanical behaviour of an expansive bentonite/silt mixture in cyclic suction-controlled drying and wetting tests

Engineering Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 154-164

  Nowamooz, Hossein ^a   Masrouri, Farimah ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclic test; Expansive clay; Osmotic oedometer; Shrinkage; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CURING; DATA COMPRESSION; DEWATERING; ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WETTING;

CYCLIC TEST; EXPANSIVE CLAY; OSMOTIC OEDOMETER; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING;

STRESSES;

BENTONITE; COMPRESSION; CYCLIC LOADING; EXPANSIVE SOIL; HYDROMECHANICS; OEDOMETER TEST; SHRINKAGE; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; SUCTION; SWELLING; UNLOADING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 53549126634     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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