Structural characterization of natural loess and remolded loess under triaxial tests

Engineering Geology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-260

  Jiang, Mingjing ^a,b   Zhang, Fuguang ^a,b   Hu, Haijun ^a,b   Cui, Yujun ^c   Peng, Jianbing ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Loess; Mechanical behavior; Microstructure analyses; Triaxial test

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONVENTIONAL TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); LOESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 85027929513     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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