A comparative study of shear strength equations for unsaturated soils

Unsaturated Soils: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 765-774

  Sheng, D ^a   Zhou, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; STRENGTH EQUATIONS; STRESS-STRAIN; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 84875133980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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