Performance of an unsaturated expansive soil slope subjected to artificial rainfall infiltration

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-157

  Ng, C W W ^a   Zhan, L T ^a   Bao, C G ^b   Fredlund, D G ^a   Gong, B W ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation; Earth pressure; Expansive soils; Monitoring; Slope; Suction

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; SWELLING;

UNSATURATED EXPANSIVE SOIL;

SOILS;

DEFORMATION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; INFILTRATION; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; SLOPE; SUCTION;

EID: 0037355858     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.143     Document Type: Article

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