Evaluation of empirical procedures for predicting the shear strength of unsaturated soils

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 147, 2006, Pages 2570-2581

  Garven, E A ^a   Vanapalli, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; SOIL-WATER RETENTION CURVE (SWRC); UNSATURATED SOILS;

CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 33845544757     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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