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Hydro-mechanical behaviour of a clayey silt under isotropic compression

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Unsaturated Soils: Experimental Studies

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Buenfil, C., Romero, E., Lloret, A., Gens, A. (2005). Hydro-mechanical behaviour of a clayey silt under isotropic compression. In: Schanz, T. (eds) Unsaturated Soils: Experimental Studies. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 93. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26736-0_25

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