Apollonia Gasparre

Advanced laboratory characterisation of London Clay

Lithological units, structure and stiffness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work aims at finding a framework for the London
Clay relating the engineering proprieties of this
material to its geological features. Results of
tests on samples from different depths in their
intact and reconstituted states using
oedometer and advanced triaxial apparatus are
presented. The structure and the nature of the clay
from different strata are investigated and
correlated with its large and small strain
mechanical response. Shallower units show a more
open structure and higher clay content than deeper
units. Samples from the same units appear to have
the same mechanical behaviour and engineering
parameters, but differences are found between the
different units, which reflect the differences in
the nature and structure of clay from each stratum.
The behaviour in both compression and shearing seems
to be dominated by the structure of the clay as well
as by its nature, so that clay from units having a
more packed and orientated structure show a stiffer
response and higher strengths than the clay from
units with a more open structure. The stiffness
behaviour of the clay at small and large strains is
also presented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 548
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639157956
• ISBN-10: 3639157958
• Artikelnr.: 26569681

Autorenporträt

Dr Apollonia Gasparre works for Geotechnical Consulting Group,
London and she is a visiting researcher at Imperial College
London. She has
publications in international journals and, with her co-authors,
she has been awarded the Geotechnical Research Medal 2007 by the
Institution of Civil Engineering.