Abstract:Desiccation cracking is a natural phenomenon caused by drying in near-surface earth soils subjected to constrained shrinkage. In this research, the water retention curve of two clayey soils, prepared by compaction under standard proctor conditions, are determined to study the desiccation cracking. Two techniques of suction control are applied to control the drying process and to reach the water retention curve of the soils. For the suction values higher than 4 MPa, the saline-solution method was used to impose… Show more
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