Closure to “Shear Strength Equations for Unsaturated Soil under Drying and Wetting” by Goh Shin Guan, Harianto Rahardjo, and Leong Eng Choon
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Volume 137 • Issue 12 • December 2011
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Received: May 18, 2011
Accepted: Jun 21, 2011
Published online: Nov 15, 2011
Published in print: Dec 1, 2011
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