A new technique for rapid measurement of continuous soil moisture characteristic curves

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-186

  Toker, N K ^a   Germaine, J T ^a   Sjoblom, K J ^b   Culligan, P J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Laboratory equipment; Partial saturation; Pore pressure; Standards; Suction

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; DRYING; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SOIL TESTING; WATER;

POINT MEASUREMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE CHARACTERISTICS (SMC); SOIL SUCTION; TENSIOMETERS;

SOILS;

LABORATORY METHOD; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUCTION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 1942498854     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.3.179     Document Type: Article

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