A microstructurally based effective stress for unsaturated soils

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 913-925

  Alonso, E E ^a   Pereira, J M ^b   Vaunat, J ^a   Olivella, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Partial saturation; Pore pressures; Shear strength; Stiffness; Suction

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREE WATER; GRANULAR SOILS; HIGH PLASTICITY; IMMOBILE WATER; MACRO-POROSITY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NET STRESS; NON-LINEAR; OVER THE AIRS; PARTIAL SATURATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR; POROSIMETRY; SOIL MICROSTRUCTURES; STRESS STATE; SUCTION; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER RETENTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PLASTICITY; PORE PRESSURE; SOILS; STIFFNESS; SUPERSATURATION;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EFFECTIVE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 78149399812     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.8.P.002     Document Type: Article

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