Microporosity structure of coarse granular soils

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1425-1436

  Zhang, Limin ^a   Li, X ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coarse grained soils; Hydraulic conductivity; Microporosity; Microstructure; Soil compaction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MERCURY (METAL); MICROPOROSITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

COARSE-GRAINED SOILS; FINES CONTENT; GRANULAR SOILS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; POROSITY STRUCTURE; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOILS;

COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77956810265     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000348     Document Type: Article

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