Use of a new thermal conductivity sensor to measure soil suction

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 99, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Shuai, F ^a   Fredlund, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

SOIL SUCTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033716270     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Fredlund, D.G., Gan, J. K-M., and Li, W-X. 1994. Thermal conductivity suction sensors - design consideration, Proceeding of the 13th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, New Delhi, India, pp. 291-296
2. Fredlund, D.G. and Rahardjo, H. 1993. Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, New York, NY; John Wiley & Sons, 486 pp.
3. Fredlund, D.G. and Wong, D.K.H. 1989. Calibration of thermal conductivity sensors for measuring soil suction, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 188-194.
4. Lee, R.K.C. and Fredlund, D.G. 1984. Measurement of soil suction using the MCS 6000 gauge, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Expansive Soils, Inst. of Eng., Adelaide, Australia, pp. 50-54.