The use of methylene blue test for predicting swell parameters of natural clay soils

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1780-1792

  Türköz, Murat ^a   Tosun, Hasan ^a  

^a Eski ehir Osmangazi University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Harran clay; Methylene blue stain test; Multiple regression analysis; Swell percentage; Swell pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958022705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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