Undrained shear strength of clays as modified by pH variations

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-148

  Spagnoli, Giovanni ^a   Rubinos, David ^a   Stanjek, Helge ^a   Fernández Steeger, Tomás ^a   Feinendegen, Martin ^a   Azzam, Rafig ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ground improvement; Kaolinite; Na smectite; pH; Undrained shear strength

Indexed keywords

DURING CONSTRUCTION; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NA-SMECTITE; PH VALUE; PH VARIATION; PORE FLUIDS; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SMECTITES; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; UNDRAINED SHEAR; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH; VANE SHEAR TEST;

COAGULATION; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; PH; SODIUM;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

CLAY; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; KAOLINITE; LABORATORY METHOD; PH; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; SMECTITE; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; UNDRAINED TEST;

EID: 84856232576     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-011-0372-9     Document Type: Article

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