Mehrdad Moghadas

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Can anyone suggest papers or references about slurry method in making soil specimens?

one of the method of making specimens for test on soils is slurry method. I need some references about this method.

08 August 2014 9,161 0 View

What is the effect of surcharge on the air entry value in soil water characteristic curve?

Ng and Pang (2000) stated that increasing the surcharge causes increasing the air entry value in SWCC, but I think it is reverse because increasing the surcharge will decrease big pores of a soil....

11 November 2013 1,504 3 View

What is the relationship between angle of repose and internal friction angle of a soil?

11 November 2013 9,968 8 View

What is the relation between type of soil and hysteresis phenomenon?

What is the relation between "difference between soil water characteristic curve in wetting and drying paths" and "type of the soil"?

10 October 2013 8,029 4 View

What is relation between osmotic suction in a soil and chemical properties of the soil?

For example Fredlund and Rahardjo (1993) presented this relation: π=31.92*EC^1.08. is there any other relation?

10 October 2013 2,960 1 View

What is the effect of pollution on the consolidation properties of a soil?

In other words, in areas where the soil is exposed to pollution, consolidation properties of the soil such as rate of the consolidation how is different?

10 October 2013 5,990 3 View

For testing the strength of unsaturated soils by axis translation techniques, how should the samples be made?

For making the samples some researchers prefer saturated samples and some of them prefer unsaturated samples. Which of them is more appropriate?

10 October 2013 5,722 0 View

Does anyone know any software for modeling shear strength of unsaturated soils?

Seeking a software for modeling the shear strength of unsaturated soils

09 September 2013 7,997 4 View

What is the effect of saline water on the value of optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of a soil in proctor test?

And what happens after increasing the salts?

09 September 2013 9,437 1 View

Is there any laboratory results for the reason of hysteresis in soil water characteristic curve?

Soil water characteristic curve is different when a soil is wetting or drying and this phenomenon is called hysteresis. Some researchers have mentioned some reasons for this phenomena but I'd like...

09 September 2013 669 7 View