Is matric suction a stress variable?

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 899-905

  Lu, Ning ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Shear strength; Soil mechanics; Stress; Suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLARIFICATION; FOUNDATIONS; MECHANICS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS; LOGICAL REASONING; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MECHANICAL EQUILIBRIUM; MULTIPHASE POROUS MEDIA; NORMAL STRESSES; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); STATE OF STRESS; STRESS STATES; STRESS VARIABLES; UNSATURATED SOIL (IGC: D6); UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS;

STRESSES;

POROUS MEDIUM; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 45749145109     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:7(899)     Document Type: Article

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