Effects of wetting and drying on the unsaturated shear strength of a silty sand under low suction

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 147, 2006, Pages 1247-1258

  Gallage, Chaminda Pathma Kumara ^a   Uchimura, Taro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; EMBANKMENTS; EXCAVATION; HYSTERESIS; RAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILT; WETTING;

GEOTECHNICAL STRUCTURES; LOW SUCTION; MATRIC SUCTION;

SAND;

EID: 33845518999     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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