Modelling of desiccation crack development in clay soils

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1099-1107

  Costa, Susanga ^a   Kodikara, Jayantha ^a   Thusyanthan, N I ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Desiccation cracks; PIV analysis

Indexed keywords

BURIED PIPELINES; CLAY SOIL; CLAYEY SOILS; COMPACTED CLAYS; CRACK EVOLUTION; DESICCATION CRACKS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GENERAL METHOD; GEOMATERIALS; PIV ANALYSIS; ROAD PAVEMENTS; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; WASTE CONTAINMENT;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; GEOMECHANICS; SOILS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

EID: 77953241524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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