Resonant column test for unsaturated soils with suction-saturation control

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Khosravi, Ali ^a   McCartney, John S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow pump; Matric suction control; Resonant column; Small strain shear modulus; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

AXIS TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; RESONANT COLUMN; RESONANT COLUMN TESTS; SMALL-STRAIN SHEAR MODULUS; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; UNSATURATED SOIL;

HYSTERESIS; SOILS; SUPERSATURATION;

PUMPS;

COLUMN; HYSTERESIS; IMBIBITION; RETENTION; SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL MECHANICS; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOID RATIO;

EID: 84874403045     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ103102     Document Type: Article

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