Simplified relationships for particle-size distribution and permeation groutability limits for soils

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1190-1197

  Vipulanandan, Cumaraswamy ^a   Ozgurel, H Gurkan ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical grouting; Fine grained soils; Parameters; Particle size distribution; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; GROUTING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MORTAR; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

ACRYLAMIDES; CHEMICAL GROUTING; CURRENT PRACTICES; FINE GRAINED SOIL; FINE-GRAINED SOILS; FINES CONTENT; FOUR-PARAMETER MODEL; GROUTING PRESSURE; HYPERBOLIC MODELS; LIMITED DATA; LIMITED SOILS; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; NONPLASTIC; PARAMETER MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; S-CURVE; S-CURVE MODEL; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY; UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; UNIMODAL;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 75949099399     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000064     Document Type: Article

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