The relationship between the soil-water characteristic curve and the unsaturated shear strength of a compacted glacial till

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-268

  Vanapalli, Sai K ^a   Fredlund, Del G ^a   Pufahl, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Shear strength; Soil structure; Soil water characteristic curve; Stress state; Suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FROZEN SOILS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TESTING;

COMPACTED GLACIAL TILLS; INITIAL WATER CONTENT; SOIL STRUCTURES; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0030230801     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10351j     Document Type: Article

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