Desiccation shrinkage of unconstrained soil in the saturated phase

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 653-659

  Hu, L B ^a   Hueckel, T ^a   Peron, H ^b   Laloui, L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY VESSEL; DARCY THEORY; DRYING PROCESS; EVAPORATION FLUX; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; MICRO-SCALES; POISEUILLE FLOW; PORE SPACE; POROSIMETRY;

DRIERS (MATERIALS); DRYING; SHRINKAGE; WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

EID: 70350416298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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