The influence of soil structure and stress history on the soil-water characteristics of a compacted till

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-159

  Vanapalli, S K ^a   Fredlund, D G ^a   Pufahl, D E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fabric structure of soils; Soil water characteristics; Stress history; Suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER;

SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC;

SOIL MECHANICS;

SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; STRESS; TILL; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0033024736     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.2.143     Document Type: Article

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