On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays

Introduction

Sedimentation Compression of Natural Clays

Compressibility of Reconstituted Clays

Correlations Between the Constants of Intrinsic Compressibility and the Atterberg Limits

Comparison Between the Sedimentation Compression of Natural Clays and the Intrinsic Compression of Reconstituted Clays

Case Record from Surabaya, Indonesia

Laboratory Sedimentation Studies

Shear Strength of Normally Consolidated Clays

Compressibility of Overconsolidated Clays

Shear Strength of Intact Overconsolidated Todi Clay

Post-Rupture Strength

Preliminary Study of Slip Surfaces in Kaolin

Ashford Common Revisited

Operational Strength of Stiff Fissured Clays

Discussion and Conclusions

Acknowledgements

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