Vapour equilibrium and osmotic technique for suction control

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 661-673

  Blatz, James A ^a   Cui, Yu Jun ^b   Oldecop, Luciano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Osmotic method; Suction; Unsaturated soil; Vapour equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEWATERING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; OSMOSIS; SOIL TESTING;

LABORATORY TESTS; OSMOTIC METHOD; SUCTION; UNSATURATED SOIL; VAPOUR EQUILIBRIUM;

SOILS;

DEFORMATION; LABORATORY METHOD; OEDOMETER TEST; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SHEAR TEST; SOIL WATER; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WETTING;

EID: 56349118075     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-008-9196-1     Document Type: Article

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