Shear Strength Criteria for Unsaturated Soils

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-159

  Sheng, Daichao ^a   Zhou, Annan ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct shear; Matric suction; Shear strength criteria; Triaxial; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SHEAR; MATRIC SUCTION; SHEAR STRENGTH CRITERIA; TRIAXIAL; UNSATURATED SOIL;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 79952040424     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-009-9276-x     Document Type: Article

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