Tensile strength of unsaturated coarse and fine-grained soils

• Main Authors: Bulolo, Sam, Leong, Eng Choon, Kizza, Richard
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Tensile Strength; Brazilian Test
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155895
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Soils at the ground surface experience multiple cycles of drying and wetting. On drying, the soils experience shrinkage and cracks may appear. The development of cracks depends on the tensile strength of the soil. Such cracks increase the permeability of the soil and can cause slopes and earth struc...