Comparison of field and laboratory soil-water characteristic curves

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1176-1180

  Li, A G ^a,b   Tham, L G ^b   Yue, Z Q ^b   Lee, C F ^b   Law, K T ^c  

^a Shenzhen Geotechnical Engineering Company   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field investigations; Hysteresis; Moisture content; Monitoring; Soil water

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GRANITE; HYSTERESIS; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDES; MOISTURE; MONITORING; PROBES; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; WATER;

CREST; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYSTERESIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOIL WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 24944526332     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:9(1176)     Document Type: Article

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