Analysis of hydraulic properties of unsaturated expansive soil

[摘要] The paper starts with assertion that, in order to make a quantitative description of expansive soil behaviour, it is indispensable to determine its hydraulic properties: water retention curves and changes in volume, and the hydraulic conductivity function

[学科分类] 建筑学

[关键词] expansive soil;hydraulic properties;water retention curve;change in volume;hydraulic conductivitynumerical model