Effects of the maximum soil aggregates size and cyclic wetting-drying on the stiffness of a lime-treated clayey soil

Geotechnique

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-429

  Tang, A M ^a   Vu, M N ^a   Cui, Y J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Fabric structure of soil; Laboratory tests; Soil stabilisation; Stiffness; Suction; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; BENDER ELEMENTS; CLAYEY SOILS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COMPACTED SOIL; CYCLIC WETTING; DRY DENSITY; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOIL; LABORATORY TESTS; LIME TREATMENT; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; ROAD PAVEMENTS; SCALE EFFECTS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL SPECIMENS; SOIL STIFFNESS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STABILISATION; STATIC COMPACTION; SUCTION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME INTERVAL; TREATED SOILS; WETTING-DRYING;

AGGREGATES; COMPACTION; CURING; DRYING; LIME; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; ROADS AND STREETS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILIZATION; STIFFNESS; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY SOIL; HYDROMECHANICS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL WATER; STIFFNESS; SUCTION; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 79953853891     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.SIP11.005     Document Type: Article

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