A study of hysteresis models for soil-water characteristic curves

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1548-1568

  Pham, Hung Q ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^a   Barbour, S Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary curve; Comparison; Hysteresis model; Scanning curve; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DRYING; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SOILS; WATER;

BOUNDARY CURVE; DOMAIN MODEL; EMPRICAL MODEL; SCANNING CURVE; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE;

SOIL TESTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DRYING; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; WATER;

HYSTERESIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL WATER;

EID: 33644816136     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-071     Document Type: Review

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