Soil matrix suction: Some examples of its measurement and application in geotechnical engineering

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-253

  Ridley, A M ^a   Dineen, K ^a   Burland, J B ^a   Vaughan, P R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field instrumentation; Laboratory equipment; Partial saturation; Pore pressure; Site investigation; Suction

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; FILTRATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

SOIL MATRIX SUCTION;

SOILS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PORE PRESSURE; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUCTION;

EID: 0037353670     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.241     Document Type: Article

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