A microstructural insight into compacted clayey soils and their hydraulic properties

Engineering Geology

Volumn 165, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-19

  Romero, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Clay; Compaction; Microstructure; Water permeability; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

MACROSCOPIC SHRINKAGE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ASPECTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING; SAND-BENTONITE MIXTURES; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

AGGREGATES; AIR PERMEABILITY; BENTONITE; CLAY; COMPACTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES;

SOILS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BENTONITE; CLAY SOIL; COMPACTION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MICROSTRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84886771196     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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