Time rate of heave prediction for expansive soils

GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 162-

  Overton, Daniel D ^a   Chao, Kuo Chieh ^a   Nelson, John D ^a,b  

^a MFG Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSIVE SOILS; HEAVE PREDICTION; SEEPAGE ANALYSES; WETTING FRONT;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SEEPAGE; WETTING;

SOILS;

EID: 33845711393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40803(187)162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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