Effect of compaction pressure on consolidation behaviour of unsaturated silty soil

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 540-550

  Estabragh, A R ^a   Javadi, A A ^a   Boot, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Consolidation; Soil fabric; Suction; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONSOLIDATION; PRESSURE CONTROL; SILT; SOIL TESTING;

COMPACTION PRESSURE; ISOTROPIC CONSOLIDATION; TRIAXIAL TESTING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

COMPACTION; CONSOLIDATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 7444236431     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-007     Document Type: Article

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