On the swelling potential of compacted high plasticity clays

Engineering Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 200-210

  Ferber, Valéry ^a   Auriol, Jean Claude ^a   Cui, Yu Jun ^b   Magnan, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a Site Survey   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c University Paris Est LCPC   (France)

Author keywords

Clays; Embankments; Expansive soils; Laboratory tests; Microstructure; Partial saturation

Indexed keywords

CANALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONCRETES; EMBANKMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MERCURY (METAL); MICROPOROSITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA WAVES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; SWELLING; TESTING;

AIR VOIDS; COMPACTED SOILS; COUPLED EFFECTS; DRY DENSITIES; EXPANSIVE SOILS; HIGH PLASTICITIES; LABORATORY TESTS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MACRO-PORES; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MICRO-PORES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE OBSERVATIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; PARTIAL SATURATION; SOIL SWELLINGS; SWELLING POTENTIALS; SWELLING TESTS; TWO PARAMETERS; VOID RATIOS; VOLUME VARIATIONS; WET SOILS;

WATER CONTENT;

CLAY; COMPACTION; EMBANKMENT; EXPANSIVE SOIL; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SWELLING; VOID RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 61349175802     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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