Experimental and numerical studies of the hydromechanical behaviour of a natural unsaturated swelling soil

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-410

  Nowamooz, H ^a   Mrad, M ^a   Abdallah, A ^a   Masrouri, F ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclic test; Expansive clay; Osmotic oedometer; Shrinkage; Swelling

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION STUDIES; COUPLED PROBLEMS; CYCLIC TEST; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; ELASTO-PLASTIC MODELS; EXPANSIVE CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; HYDROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; NET STRESS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OEDOMETERS; OSMOTIC OEDOMETER; PORE DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; SOIL FABRICS; SWELLING SOILS; SWELLING STRAIN; TEST SAMPLES; TESTING PROGRAMS; UNSATURATED SOIL; VAPOUR EQUILIBRIUM; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN; WATER RETENTION; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES;

CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; CYCLIC LOADS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MERCURY (METAL); OSMOSIS; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SWELLING; TESTING; WATER VAPOR;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; HYDROMECHANICS; HYDROPONICS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OEDOMETER TEST; OSMOSIS; SHRINKAGE; SUCTION; SWELLING; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 66749183659     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T08-127     Document Type: Article

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