Desiccation Cracking is a geomechanical phenomenon characterized by the formation of polygonal tensile fractures in fine-grained soils due to volumetric shrinkage induced by evaporative moisture loss.
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Experimental characterization of shrinkage and desiccation cracking in thin clay layer
Chao‐Sheng Tang, Bin Shi, Chun Liu et al. · Applied Clay Science · 2011 · 389 citations
Desiccation and cracking behaviour of clay layer from slurry state under wetting–drying cycles
Chao‐Sheng Tang, Yu-Jun Cui, Bin Shi et al. · Geoderma · 2011 · 366 citations · Full text
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