Variability of physical and consolidation test results for relatively uniform clay samples retrieved from Osaka Bay

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-716

  Watabe, Yoichi ^a   Shiraishi, Yasunori ^b   Murakami, Tomohide ^c   Tanaka, Masanori ^a  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON KOEI CO   (Japan)

^c Saeki Kensetsu Kogyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay; Consolidation; Soil parameters; Variation (IGC: C6 D6)

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; MERCURY (METAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

CONSOLIDATION PARAMETERS; CONSOLIDATION TESTS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CONSOLIDATION; SOIL PARAMETERS; VARIATION (IGC: C6/D6); VARIATION COEFFICIENT;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

EID: 70649104257     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.47.701     Document Type: Article

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