A critical review of the methodologies employed for suction measurement for developing the SWCC

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1988-1993

  Sreedeep, S ^a   Singh, D N ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Dew point potentiameter; Pressure membrane extractor; Soil water characteristic curve; Suction; Tensiometer

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; DEW POINTS; EQUILIBRATION TIME; FINE GRAINED SOIL; INSERTION TENSIOMETER; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MEASUREMENT RANGE; OSMOTIC SUCTION; SALT CONTENT; SOIL SUCTION; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; SUCTION; SUCTION MEASUREMENTS; TENSIOMETER; TOTAL SUCTION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOMECHANICS;

SOILS;

EID: 78149305255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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