Assessing internal stress evolution in unsaturated soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Najm, Majdi Abou ^a   Mohtar, Rabi H ^a   Weiss, Jason ^b   Braudeau, Erik ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; CLAY LOAM SOILS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; PORE FLUIDS; RESTRAINED RING; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL SCIENCE; STRESS EVOLUTION; UNSATURATED SOIL;

AGRICULTURE;

SOILS;

EID: 77249088015     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006484     Document Type: Article

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