Characterising the collapsible response of an in-situ compacted silt

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 371-376

  Gomez R ^a   Romero, E ^a   Lloret, A ^a   Suriol, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT STAGES; EQUIVALENT STRESS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER RETENTION; WETTING AND DRYING;

FLOODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MECHANICS;

SILT;

EID: 84875196528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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