Laboratory testing on an unsaturated soil: Equipment, procedures, and first experimental results

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Rampino, C ^a,b   Mancuso, C ^a   Vinale, F ^a  

^a Ufficio di Napoli   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equipment layout; Matric suction; Silty sand; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPRESSION TESTING; DAMS; LANDFILL LININGS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

EQUIPMENT LAYOUT; MATRIC SUCTION; SILTY SAND; STRESS PATH TRIAXIAL CELL; UNSATURATED SOIL; WISSA ODEOMETER;

SOILS;

FILL; INSTRUMENTATION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; OEDOMETER TEST; SAND; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0032757782     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-093     Document Type: Article

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