Cyclic swell-shrink behaviour of a compacted expansive soil

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-103

  Tripathy, Snehasis ^a   Subba Rao, Kanakapura S ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Clays; Cyclic tests; Expansive clays; Laboratory tests; Shrinkage; Soil suction; Swelling; Volume change behaviour

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CYCLIC LOADS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; POWDERS; SHRINKAGE; TESTING; WATER CONTENT;

CYCLIC TESTS; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; LABORATORY TESTS; SOIL SUCTION; VOLUME CHANGE BEHAVIOUR;

SOILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DEFORMATION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; SHRINKAGE; SUCTION; SWELLING;

EID: 58149293346     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-008-9214-3     Document Type: Article

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