Behavior of coarse widely graded soils under low confining pressures

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-48

  Zhao, H F ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a   Chang, D S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coarse grained soil; Compressibility; Landslides; Microstructures; Shear strength; Soil compaction; Soil fabric

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DEPOSITS; INFILTRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAIN; SOILS;

COARSE-GRAINED SOILS; COLLUVIAL SOILS; CONTROLLED STRUCTURES; CRITICAL VALUE; LOW CONFINING PRESSURE; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; SHEARS STRENGTH; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DEPOSITS; SOIL FABRICS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONFINING PRESSURE; CONSOLIDATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; LOADING; POREWATER; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILTY SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST; VOID RATIO;

EID: 84879589017     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0000755     Document Type: Article

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