TY - CPAPER AB - This paper reports a study into the potential effects of swelling on destructuration of a natural London Clay. Preliminary results are presented from a conventional direct shear tests conducted under a constant height condition. These suggest that the changes in soil structure induced by one-dimensional swelling affect global stiffness behaviour more than the peak shear strengths. AU - Takahashi,A AU - Fung,DWH AU - Jardine,RJ EP - 446 PY - 2005/// SP - 443 TI - Swelling effects on mechanical behaviour of natural London Clay ER -