A micro-mechanical approach to swelling behavior of unsaturated expansive clays under controlled drainage conditions

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-19

  Langroudi, Arya Assadi ^a   Yasrobi, S Shahaboddin ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drainage; Expansive; Micro structure; Swelling pressure; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VOLUMES; CONTROLLED DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE CONDITION; DRY UNIT WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPANSIVE; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-SCALE; MOISTURE LEVEL; OPTIMUM VALUE; SEM; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; SWELLING PRESSURE; SWELLING PRESSURES; SWELLING PROCESS; UNSATURATED;

CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SWELLING;

CLAY SOIL; DRAINAGE; EXPANSIVE SOIL; MICROMECHANICS; PLASTICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWELLING; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 67349133617     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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