Recent developments in the techniques of controlling and measuring suction in unsaturated soils

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-52

  Delage, P ^a   Romero, E ^b   Tarantino, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

AXIS-TRANSLATION; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH CAPACITY; HYDROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; OSMOTIC METHOD; RECENT PROGRESS; SATURATED SOILS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOILS;

EID: 70449730130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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