Compression behaviour of reconstituted soils at high initial water contents

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 691-700

  Hong, Z S ^a   Yin, J ^b,c   Cui, Y J ^d  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Clays; Compressibility; Laboratory equipment; Laboratory tests; Suction pressure

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION CURVES; INTRINSIC COMPRESSION LINE; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; LABORATORY TESTS; LIQUID LIMITS; LOW STRESS; NATURAL CLAYS; OEDOMETER TESTS; SUCTION PRESSURES; VERTICAL STRESS; VOID INDEX; VOID RATIOS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; LIQUIDS; SOILS; YIELD STRESS;

LABORATORIES;

CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION; CONSOLIDATION; LIQUID LIMIT; OEDOMETER TEST; SUCTION; VOID RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77955889093     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.09.P.059     Document Type: Article

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