Influence of ethanol/water mixture on the undrained shear strength of pure clays

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-398

  Spagnoli, Giovanni ^a,c   Stanjek, Helge ^a   Sridharan, Asuri ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Dielectric constant; Diffuse double layer; Geotechnical investigations; Pore fluids; Undrained shear strength

Indexed keywords

ATTERBERG LIMITS; CAPILLARY FORCE; DIFFUSE DOUBLE LAYER THEORY; DIFFUSE DOUBLE LAYERS; DOUBLE LAYER FORCE; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; INTERGRANULAR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PORE FLUIDS; STRESS/STRAIN; STRONG CORRELATION; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH; VANE SHEAR TEST;

CLAY; KAOLINITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; SODIUM; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CLAY; CLAY MINERAL; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ETHANOL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; POREWATER; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; UNDRAINED TEST; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84859101361     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-011-0393-4     Document Type: Article

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