Research on comparison of strength equations of unsaturated soil

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 3005-3009

  Hu, Bo ^a   Wang, Ren ^a   Wang, Zhao ^b   Gong, Biwei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Matric suction; Pressure plate extractor; Soil mechanics; Soil water characteristic curve (SWCC); Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SPEED; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; TESTING; WATER CONTENT;

MATRIC SUCTION; MATRIC SUCTIONS; PRESSURE PLATE EXTRACTOR; RESIDUAL WATER CONTENT; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE (SWCC); STRENGTH EQUATIONS; STRENGTH THEORY; TRI-AXIAL TESTING; TRIAXIAL SHEAR; TRIAXIAL STRENGTH; UNSATURATED SOIL; UNSATURATED SOILS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 48549101308     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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