Compaction behaviour of clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-213

  Tarantino, A ^a   De Col, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Dipto Chim Strutturale S   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clays; Compaction; Fabric structure of soils; Laboratory tests; Partial saturation; Suction

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COMPACTION; GRAPH THEORY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRAULICS; PLASMA WAVES; PORE SIZE; SOILS; STRESSES; SUPERSATURATION; TESTING; UNLOADING;

BOUNDARY SURFACES; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOILS; LABORATORY TESTS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; PARTIAL SATURATION; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; REMAINED CONSTANTS; STATIC COMPACTIONS; SUCTION; VERTICAL STRESSES; VOID RATIOS; WATER RETENTIONS;

WATER CONTENT;

CLAY SOIL; COMPACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOADING TEST; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUCTION; TENSIOMETER; VOID RATIO; WATER RETENTION; WETTING;

EID: 57849153916     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.3.199     Document Type: Article

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