An insight into the role of hydraulic history on the volume changes of anisotropic clayey soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Romero, Enrique ^a   Jommi, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLAY MINERALS; DAMS; DEWATERING; EMBANKMENTS; FABRICS; HARDENING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; STRAIN; STRESSES; SUPERSATURATION; UNDERWATER SOILS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

AVERAGE STRESS; CLAYEY SOILS; COMPACTED CLAYS; COMPACTED SOILS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DRYING-WETTING CYCLES; EARTH DAMS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELASTIC PLASTICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; HARDENING RULES; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIORS; IRREVERSIBLE STRAINS; NET STRESS; OEDOMETER; PLASTIC STRAINS; ROTATIONAL HARDENINGS; SATURATED SOILS; SHRINKAGE STRAINS; SOIL SKELETONS; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; STRAIN RESPONSE; UNSATURATED CONDITIONS; VOLUME CHANGES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WATER RETENTION CURVES; WETTING-DRYING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 59649124253     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006558     Document Type: Article

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