1st Edition
Characterization of Soft Marine Clays Proceedings of the international symposium, bothkennar, Drammen, Quebec & Ariake clays, Yokosuka, Japan, 26-28 February 1997
284 Pages
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CRC Press
This is a collection of papers from the proceedings of the International Symposium on Characterization of Soft Marine Clays covering topics such as general characteristics, ageing and environmental effect and large scale tests.
Preface, General characteristics: Geotechnical characteristics of eastern Canada clays, Geotechnical characteristics of low plasticity Drammen clay, Key factors governing sample quality, The geotechnical characteristics of marine deposit soil and its distribution in Korea, In-situ and laboratory investigations into engineering properties of Bangkok Clay, Mechanical behavior of remolded reconstituted clays related to physical properties of soils, Ageing and environmental effect: The behaviour of layered clays within a framework for the structure-related behaviour of clays, Microstructure and geotechnical property of Osaka Pleistocene clay, Microscopic consideration on compression and rebound behaviors of Ariake Clay, Unified model of e-log p relationship of clay and the interpretation of natural water content of marine deposits, Mineralogy, chemistry and the structure and microstructure of sediments, Shear strength: Undrained strength from various shear tests for undisturbed Kumamoto clay, Direct shear test results on four soft marine clays, Mechanical properties of ^ -consolidation and shearing behaviour observed in triaxial tests for five worldwide clays - Drammen, Louiseville, Singapore, Kansai and Ariake clay, Large scale test: Field research with instrumented displacement piles and rigid pad foundations at Bothkennar, Miscellaneous: TC-30 Coastal Geotechnical Engineering, Author index
Biography
T.Tsuchida, Port and Harbour Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan. A.Nakase, Nikken Sekkei Co. Ltd, Kawasaki, Japan.
