Modelling the variation of degree of saturation in a deformable unsaturated soil

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Gallipoli, D ^a   Wheeler, S J ^b   Karstunen, M ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Partial saturation; Suction

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; STRAIN; STRESSES; WETTING;

ISOTROPIC LOADING;

SOILS;

SATURATION; SHEAR; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0037293670     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.1.105     Document Type: Article

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