The velocity of shear waves in unsaturated soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-37

  Whalley, W R ^a   Jenkins, M ^b   Attenborough, K ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b AT Delta T Devices Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Shear wave velocity; Soil; Tri axial testing; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; CONSOLIDATION STATE; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; LOAMY SAND; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NET STRESS; NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PRESSURE PLATE; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOIL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SUCTION STRESS; TRIAXIAL TESTING; UNSATURATED; UNSATURATED SOIL; VOID RATIOS; WAVE MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CONSOLIDATION; FORESTRY; SOILS;

SHEAR WAVES;

AIR PERMEABILITY; CONFINING PRESSURE; CONSOLIDATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOAMY SAND; MATRIC POTENTIAL; S-WAVE; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SATURATION; SOIL PROFILE; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOID RATIO; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84866000158     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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