Predicting Hysteresis of the Water Retention Curve from Basic Properties of Granular Soils

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1147-1159

  Maqsoud, Abdelkabir ^a   Bussière, Bruno ^a   Aubertin, Michel ^b   Mbonimpa, Mamert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Laboratory tests; Predictive model; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTENDED VERSIONS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; GRANULAR SOILS; HYSTERESIS EFFECT; LABORATORY TEST; MODEL FORMULATION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SCANNING CURVES; UNSATURATED SOIL; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION CURVE; WETTING AND DRYING;

CURVE FITTING; HYSTERESIS; SCANNING; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYSTERESIS; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; SOIL PROPERTY; TESTING METHOD; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION; WETTING;

EID: 84866478527     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-012-9529-y     Document Type: Article

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