The 1999 R.M. Hardy Lecture: The implementation of unsaturated soil mechanics into geotechnical engineering

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 963-986

  Fredlund, Delwyn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Matric suction; Negative pore water pressure; Soil suction; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soil mechanics; Unsaturated soil property functions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER;

SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS; WATER STORAGE MODULUS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034290384     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t00-026     Document Type: Article

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