Hysteresis effects on mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils

• Main Author: Goh, Shin Guan
• Other Authors: Harianto Rahardjo
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/48680
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In response to varying climatic conditions, soils above groundwater table and near the ground surface undergo drying and wetting. Under the same stress state, a soil exhibits different water contents and mechanical behaviour when it follows a drying process as opposed to following a wetting process....