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Jan 1960
Clay Strength Increase Caused by Repeated Loading
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: H. Bolton Seed, M.ASCE, Robert L. McNeill, AM.ASCE, and Jacques De GueninAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 125, Issue 1
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The influence of stress history in the form of a series of repeated stress applications in increasing the resistance to deformation of compacted specimens of silty clay is described and possible causes of the effect are presented. The significance of the results in assessing the design life of highway pavements is examined.
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© 1960 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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H. Bolton Seed, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif
Robert L. McNeill, AM.ASCE
Staff Engr., Woodward, Clyde and Assocs., Oakland, Calif
Jacques De Guenin
At present, in French Armed Services; formerly Graduate Research Engr., Inst. of Transp. and Traffic Engrg., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif
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