Soil-water characteristic curves for compacted clays

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1060-1069

  Tinjum, James M ^a   Benson, Craig H ^b   Blotz, Lisa R ^b,c  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GRAPHIC METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BROOKS COREY PARAMETERS; COMPACTED CLAYS; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; VAN GENUCHTEN PARAMETERS;

CLAY;

CLAY; SOIL; WATER;

CLAY BARRIER; COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; SOIL/WATER CURVE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0031280254     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:11(1060)     Document Type: Article

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