Undrained shear behavior of loess saturated with different concentrations of sodium chloride solution

Engineering Geology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Zhang, Fanyu ^a   Wang, Gonghui ^b   Kamai, Toshitaka ^b   Chen, Wenwu ^a   Zhang, Dexuan ^c   Yang, Jun ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Loess landslide; Sodium chloride; Undrained shear behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LANDSLIDES; LOESS LANDSLIDES; NACL CONCENTRATION; PEAK SHEAR STRENGTH; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION; UNDRAINED CONDITIONS; UNDRAINED SHEAR;

IRRIGATION; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

SHEAR FLOW;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; IRRIGATION; LANDSLIDE; LOESS; POREWATER; SALINIZATION; SHEAR TEST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNDRAINED TEST;

CHINA;

EID: 84875405685     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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