Effects of dry density and grain size distribution on soil-water characteristic curves of sandy soils

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-172

  Gallage, Chaminda Pathma Kumara ^a   Uchimura, Taro ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry density; Grain size distribution; Hysteresis of suction; Model fitting; Soil water characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

DRY DENSITY; FITTING PARAMETERS; GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LOW DENSITY; MEASURED DATA; MODEL FITTING; NONUNIFORM; PERMEABILITY FUNCTIONS; SANDY SOILS; SATURATED SOILS; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; STEEPER SLOPES; TEMPE PRESSURE CELLS; TEST DATA; UNSATURATED SHEAR STRENGTH; UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS;

CURING; CURVE FITTING; DRYING; ELASTICITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYSTERESIS; LABORATORIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WETTING;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 79953247582     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.50.161     Document Type: Article

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