Compression behaviour of natural and reconstituted clays

Geotechnique

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-301

  Hong, Z S ^a   Zeng, L L ^b   Cui, Y J ^c   Cai, Y Q ^d   Lin, C ^e  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Compressibility; Laboratory tests

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION BEHAVIOURS; COMPRESSION CURVES; COMPRESSION INDEX; EFFECTIVE STRESS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID LIMITS; NATURAL CLAYS; SOIL STRUCTURE; TRANSITIONAL STRESS; VOID INDEX; VOID RATIOS;

CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; SOILS;

YIELD STRESS;

CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION; CONSOLIDATION; LIQUID LIMIT; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRESS; VOID;

EID: 84861378577     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.10.P.046     Document Type: Article

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