Desiccation cracking of soils

European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 869-888

  Peron, Hervé ^a   Laloui, Lyesse ^a   Hueckel, Tomasz ^b   Hu, Liang Bo ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air entry value; Cracking; Degree of saturation; Drying shrinkage; Stresses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006831386     PISSN: 19648189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19648189.2009.9693159     Document Type: Article

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