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Experiment evidence on the temperature dependence of desiccation cracking behavior of clayey soils

Description : When drying a clayey soil, shrinkage and then cracking on soil surface occur due to water loss by evaporation, this phenomenon seems to be temperature dependent. In the present work, experimental tests were conducted on saturated slurry to investigate the desiccation cracking behavior at three tempe...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : [SPI:MECA:MEMA] Engineering Sciences/Mechanics/Mechanics of materials , [PHYS:MECA:MEMA] Physics/Mechanics/Mechanics of materials , Romainville clay , temperature , water content , desiccation cracking , shrinkage , crack pattern
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Source(s) : Engineering Geology
Publication Date(s) : 2010-10-08