Compression-induced suction change in a compacted expansive clay

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 369-374

  Tang, A M ^a   Cui, Y J ^a   Barnel, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; POROSITY; SUPERSATURATION;

COMPRESSION CURVES; CONTROLLED TESTS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; HYSTERESIS PHENOMENON; ISOTROPIC COMPRESSION TESTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL STRESS;

SOILS;

EID: 79952307273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203884430.ch46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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