Influence of soil type and stress state on predicting shear strength of unsaturated soils using the soil-water characteristic curve

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1886-1900

  Kim, Wan Soo ^a,b   Borden, Roy H ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Prediction procedure; Soil suction; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soil strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455168123     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T11-082     Document Type: Note

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