Experimental investigation of the free swelling of crushed argillite

Geotechnique Letters

Volumn 3, Issue APRIL/JUN, 2013, Pages 89-92

  Wang, L ^a   Bornert, M ^b   Chanchole, S ^a   Heripre E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Clays; Deformation; Fabric structure of soils; Microscopy; Particle scale behaviour; Radioactive waste disposal

Indexed keywords

CALLOVO-OXFORDIAN ARGILLITE; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOILS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HYDROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PARTICLE-SCALE BEHAVIOUR;

BENTONITE; CLAY; DEFORMATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SWELLING;

ARGILLITE; CRUSHING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST ROCK; HYDROMECHANICS; MICROMECHANICS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SWELLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84886912843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geolett.13.00012     Document Type: Article

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