• Characterisation of the multi-scale fabric features of high plasticity clays 

      Cotecchia, Federica; Guglielmi, S.; Cafaro, F.; Gens Solé, Antonio (Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), 2019-12)
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      An investigation of the microstructural features of a high-plasticity clay, in both its natural conditions and reconstituted in the laboratory, is described. Scanning electron microscopy is used here to characterise the ...
    • Compacted soil behaviour: initial state, structure and constitutive modelling 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Gens Solé, Antonio (Thomas Telford, 2013-05)
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      The paper explores the behaviour of compacted soils throughout the (dry density–water content) compaction plane by means of a conceptual framework that incorporates microstructural information. The engineering properties ...
    • Hydromechanical behaviour of a heterogeneous compacted soil: experimental observations and modelling 

      Gens Solé, Antonio; Vállejan, Beatriz; Sánchez, M.; Imbert, Cristophe; Villar, Maria Victoria; Van Geetl, Maarten (2011-03)
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      The paper describes a theoretical and experimental study of the coupled hydromechanical behaviour of a compacted mixture of bentonite powder and bentonite pellets intended as sealing material in underground repositories ...
    • Mechanical behaviour of heavily compacted bentonite under high suction changes 

      Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Villar, María Victoria; Sánchez, M.; Gens Solé, Antonio; Pintado Llurba, Xavier; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (Institution of Civil Engineers (http://www.ice.org.uk/), 2003)
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      The paper reports the results of an experimental study carried out on a bentonite compacted to a dry density of up to 1·7 Mg=m3, a high value for this type of soil. The soil fabric has been studied using a variety of ...
    • Secondary compression of clays as a local dehydration process 

      Navarro, Vicente; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (Institution of Civil Engineers (http://www.ice.org.uk/), 2001)
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      Long-term volumetric deformations of clays are interpreted in terms of water transfer from clay aggregates to the bulk water. Chemical potentials for the two states of water are first derived and then integrated into balance ...
    • The mechanical properties of a high plasticity expansive clay 

      Gaspar, Tiago A.V.; Jacobsz, SW; Heymann, G.; Toll, D. G.; Gens Solé, Antonio; Osman, A.S. (2022-06)
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      The mechanical properties of a high plasticity expansive clay from South Africa are reported. The experimental programme considered wetting after loading tests followed by one-dimensional consolidation and unloading of ...