A simplified method to estimate the soil-water characteristic curve

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1382-1400

  Chin, Kheng Boon ^a   Leong, Eng Choon ^a   Rahardjo, Harianto ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coarse grained; Fine grained; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; COARSE-GRAINED; ESTIMATION METHODS; FINE GRAINED SOIL; FINE-GRAINED; INDEX PROPERTIES; MATRIC SUCTIONS; POINT MEASUREMENT; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOIL;

ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COHORT ANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 78650497617     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T10-033     Document Type: Article

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