Shear strength of a compacted residual soil from consolidated drained and constant water content triaxial tests

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 421-436

  Rahardjo, Harianto ^a   Heng, Ong Boo ^a   Choon, Leong Eng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Compacted soil; Consolidated drained triaxial test; Constant water content triaxial test; Residual soil; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSOLIDATION; GROUNDWATER; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CONSOLIDATED DRAINED (CD) TESTS; CONSTANT WATER CONTENT (CW) TESTS; RESIDUAL SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 7444238704     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T03-093     Document Type: Article

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