Comparison of testing techniques and models for establishing the SWCC of riverbank soils

Engineering Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Nam, Soonkie ^a   Gutierrez, Marte ^b   Diplas, Panayiotis ^a   Petrie, John ^a   Wayllace, Alexandria ^b   Lu, Ning ^b   Muñoz, Juan Jorge ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Laboratory investigation; Riverbank; Soil suction; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; SOIL SUCTION; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING; TESTING; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEW POINT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MATRIC POTENTIAL; PERMEABILITY; RIVER BANK; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; ROANOKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449713263     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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