A Dynamic Method for Determining the Soil Water Characteristic Curve for Coarse-Grained Soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Rassam, D W ^a   Williams, D J ^b  

^a Resource Science Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air entry suction (AES); Matric suction; Soil moisture probe; Soil water characteristic curve (SWCC); Tensiometer; Unsaturated soils; Volumetric water content

Indexed keywords

PROBES; WATER CONTENT;

MATRIC SUCTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE PROBES; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; TENSIOMETER; UNSATURATED SOIL; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0009744499     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11124j     Document Type: Article

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