Morphology of horizontal cracks in swelling soils

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-29

  Chertkov, V Y ^a   Ravina, I ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBSIDENCE;

MEAN POTENTIAL RELATIVE SUBSIDENCE (MPRS);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; SOIL;

EID: 0033082581     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(98)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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