Instability of saturated and unsaturated coarse granular soils

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-35

  Zhao, H F ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coarse grained soils; Microstructures; Shear strength; Slope stability; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; SLIP FORMING; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; WETTING;

COARSE-GRAINED SOILS; ISOTROPIC CONSOLIDATION; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY TESTS; NET CONFINING PRESSURE; SATURATED AND UNSATURATED SOILS; UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED GRANULAR SOILS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

INFILTRATION;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONFINING PRESSURE; CONSOLIDATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INSTABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84891127504     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000976     Document Type: Article

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