Modeling evaporation, shrinkage and cracking of desiccating soils

12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1083-1090

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

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Evaporation; Shrinkage; Soils

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY VESSEL; DESATURATION; DESICCATION; DRYING TESTS; EVAPORATION INTERFACES; FREE-DRYING; MASS LOSS; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; PORE FLUIDS; POROSIMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

DEFORMATION; EVAPORATION; GEOMECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOILS;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 77649205583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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