New progress in the study of intergranular suction and shear strength of unsaturated soil

• Main Authors: Liansheng, Tang, Haitao, Sang, Liqun, Jiang, Yinlei, Sun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9580/1/18_Liansheng_Tang.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9580/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol45num1_2016/contentsVol45num1_2016.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The suction between soil particles is the basis and core problem in the study of unsaturated soil. However, is the suction between soil particles just the matrix suction (which has been widely used since the discipline of unsaturated soil mechanics was established). In fact, the concept of matrix su...