Prediction of the soil-water characteristic curve based on grain-size-distribution and index properties

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 130-142, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Perera, Y Y ^a   Zapata, C E ^b   Houston, W N ^b   Houston, S L ^b  

^a GCTS   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION (GSD); PLASTIC SOILS; PLASTICITY INDEX (PI); SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTICITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER;

SOILS;

EID: 17044378133     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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