Dd. Khaidapova et Av. Aksenov, Correlation of the plastic strength and stickiness of soil with the water retention curve, EURAS SOIL, 34(5), 2001, pp. 518-524
The possibility of evaluating the physical state of a soil from the curve t
hat describes the dependence between its plastic strength and the moisture
content, which demonstrates a wide range between the elastic-brittle and li
quid soil states, was considered. A correlation was revealed between the cu
rve of strength and that of the basic writer retention curve.