Stress-temperature effects on peat compression

Proceedings of the United Engineering Foundation / ASCE Geo-Institute Soft Ground Technology Conference - Soft Ground Technology, GSP 112

Volumn 301, Issue , 2000, Pages 331-345

  Hanson, James L ^a   Edil, Tuncer B ^b   Fox, Patrick J ^c  

^a Lawrence Technological Univ   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANALS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COOLING; EMBANKMENTS; HEATING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PEAT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOILS; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TESTING; WATER;

FIELD TESTING; IN-SITU; LABORATORY TESTING; PEAT SOILS; PRE-COMPRESSION; SECONDARY COMPRESSION; STEP STRESS; STRESS CHANGES; STRESS TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE COMPRESSION TESTS; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; VOID RATIO (IGC: D2/D3); WATER SYSTEMS; WISCONSIN (USA);

DATA COMPRESSION RATIO;

EID: 58749105825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40552(301)26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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