Application of unsaturated soil mechanics for agricultural conditions

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Wulfsohn, D ^a   Adams, B A ^a   Fredlund, D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Shear strength; Soil suction; Soil water characteristic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ENGINEERS; MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; WATER;

SOIL SUCTION; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0030181433     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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