A practical hysteresis model for the soil-water characteristic curve for soils with negligible volume change

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Pham, H Q ^a   Fredlund, D G ^a   Barbour, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Laboratory tests; Partial saturation; Suction

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; LABORATORY METHOD; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; SUCTION;

EID: 0037355127     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.293     Document Type: Article

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