Experiment evidence on the temperature dependence of desiccation cracking behavior of clayey soils

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Tang, Chao Sheng ^a,b   Cui, Yu Jun ^b   Tang, Anh Minh ^b   Shi, Bin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Crack pattern; Desiccation cracking; Romainville clay; Shrinkage; Temperature; Water content

Indexed keywords

CLAYEY SOILS; COMPUTER IMAGE PROCESSING; CRACK NETWORKS; CRACK PATTERN; CRACK PATTERNS; CRACKING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL WATER CONTENT; DESICCATION CRACKS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; ROMAINVILLE CLAY; SHRINKAGE PROPERTIES; SHRINKAGE TEMPERATURE; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CRACKS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RISE; THREE TEMPERATURE; TOTAL SURFACE AREA; WATER LOSS;

CAMERAS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DRYING; IMAGE PROCESSING; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

WATER CONTENT;

CLAY SOIL; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING; DESICCATION; SHRINKAGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77955174110     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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