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This paper aims at elucidating the influence of pore fluid properties on the shrinkage strains of deformable materials subjected to drying. Results of isothermal drying tests of two kinds of silts saturated with three different pore fluids are presented. Results show different strain amounts during drying and the final void ratios, depending on pore fluid. The rates of drying are consistent with saturated vapor pressures, while their amount with the surface tension. The shrinkage limit appears also to be controlled by a limitation in skeleton compressibility.
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Péron, H., Hu, L., Hueckel, T., Laloui, L. (2007). The Influence of the Pore Fluid on Desiccation of a Deformable Porous Material. In: Schanz, T. (eds) Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-69873-6_41
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