Review of collapse triggering mechanism of collapsible soils due to wetting

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 256-274

  Li, Ping ^a,b   Vanapalli, Sai ^a   Li, Tonglu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collapse mechanism; Compacted soils; Constitutive relationships; Elastoplastic models; Microstructure; Natural loess soils; Structural strength; Yield surface

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; COMPACTION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; LOESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WETTING;

EID: 84969756280     PISSN: 16747755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2015.12.002     Document Type: Review

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