Describing soil crack formation using elastic-plastic fracture mechanics

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Hallett, P D ^a   Newson, T A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; KAOLINITE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 13544277008     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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