Numerical modelling of desiccation processes in clayey soils

Computational Geomechanics, COMGEO I - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 630-639

  Levatti, H U ^a   Prat, P C ^a   A Ledesma, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAYEY SOILS; DARCY'S LAW; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL PARTS; NET STRESS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; SOIL SURFACES; STATE VARIABLES; STRESS FIELD; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

DRIERS (MATERIALS); ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULICS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRESSES; WATER;

SOILS;

EID: 77953256040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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