Use of a new thermal conductivity sensor to measure soil suction

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Advances in Unsaturated Geotechnics, GSP 99

Volumn 287, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-12

  Shuai, F ^b   Fredlund, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSORS; SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS; SASKATCHEWAN (CO); SOIL SUCTION; WATER PRESSURES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 58749090945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40510(287)1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. Fredlund, D.G. and Rahardjo, H. 1993. Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, New York, NY; John Wiley & Sons, 486 pp.
3. Fredlund, D.G. and Wong, D.K.H. 1989. Calibration of thermal conductivity sensors for measuring soil suction, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 188-194.
4. Lee, R.K.C. and Fredlund, D.G. 1984. Measurement of soil suction using the MCS 6000 gauge, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Expansive Soils, Inst. of Eng., Adelaide, Australia, pp. 50-54.