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Closure to “Poisson’s Ratio Characteristic Curve of Unsaturated Soils” by Sannith Kumar Thota, Toan Duc Cao, and Farshid Vahedifard

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Received: Jan 6, 2022
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Sannith Kumar Thota, A.M.ASCE [email protected]
Senior Staff Engineer, Schnabel Engineering, 46020 Manekin Plaza #150, Sterling, VA 20166; formerly, Ph.D. Candidate, Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS 39762. Email: [email protected]
Toan Duc Cao, A.M.ASCE [email protected]
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623; formerly, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) and Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, Rochester, MS 39762. Email: [email protected]
Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board Endowed Professor and Professor, Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS 39762 (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8883-4533. Email: [email protected]

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