Empirical Function Representing the Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 220-223

  Miao, Linchang ^a   Yin, Zongze ^b   Liu, Songyu ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Shear strength; Suction; Suctional strength; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

SOILS;

EMPIRICAL FUNCTIONS; RESEARCH SITUATIONS; SUCTION; SUCTION STRENGTH; SUCTIONAL STRENGTH; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 0042735109     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11342j     Document Type: Article

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