Characterization of the Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils and the Role of Soil Moisture Characteristic Curves

Abstract

This is a two-part research program that focuses on the fundamentals of unsaturated soil mechanics. The funding agreement was for three years with one no cost extension. This report is the final project report. The aim of the first part was to modify the MIT method to measure rapid and continuous soil moisture characteristic curves under drying conditions so that the wetting curve can also be obtained with computer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 2010
Accession Number
ADA517574

Entities

People

  • John T. Germaine

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Capacity
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Granular Materials
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Moisture
  • Moisture Content
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Porous Materials
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Shear Strength
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Soils
  • Stresses

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