A modified pressure plate apparatus

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 322-331

  Leong, E C ^a   Tripathy, S ^a   Rahardjo, H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drying and wetting; Modified pressure plate; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DRYING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER; WETTING;

PRESSURE PLATE; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOILS;

PRESSURE GAGES;

EID: 2942618849     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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