Effects of substrate on cracking patterns and dynamics in desiccating clay layers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3039-3051

  Decarlo, Keita F ^a,b   Shokri, Nima ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cracking patterns and dynamics; kaolinite clay desiccation; substrate effects

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); DYNAMICS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; KAOLINITE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

CRACKING PATTERNS; DENSITY CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; KAOLINITE CLAY; MACROSCOPIC CRACKS; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; SUBSTRATE PARTICLES;

CRACKS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING; DESICCATION; IMAGING METHOD; KAOLINITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84899033929     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014466     Document Type: Article

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