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Critical state notion and microstructural considerations in clays
Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 339 (2011) no. 11, pp. 719-726.

The aim of the experimental study was to identify the local deformation properties in a clayey material which can be activated at the macroscopic ultimate state known by critical state. The approach consists of an extensive study, based on a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) picture analysis, of the orientation of the clay particles characterized in the last stages of triaxial loading.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crme.2011.07.007
Mots clés : Soils, Critical state line, Shear mechanism, Fabric/structure, Microscopy, Kaolinite, Triaxial tests
Mahdia Hattab 1

1 Laboratoire dʼEtude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux, UMR CNRS 7239, Université Paul Verlaine, île du Saulcy, 57045 Metz cedex 1, France
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