A numerical study of coupled consolidation in unsaturated soils

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 926-937

  Wong, Tai T ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^b   Krahn, John ^c  

^a O'Connor Associates   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c GEO SLOPE International Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled consolidation; Mandel Cryer effect; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOILS; WATER;

COUPLED CONSOLIDATION; MANDEL CRYER EFFECT; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOILS;

CONSOLIDATION;

CONSOLIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0032323462     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-065     Document Type: Article

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