Comparison of different procedures to predict unsaturated soil shear strength

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 99, 2000, Pages 195-209

  Vanapalli, S K ^a,b   Fredlund, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; PLASTICITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; WATER;

SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE (SWCC); UNSATURATED SOILS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033699584     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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