Deterioration of the Internal Structure of Loess under Dry-Wet Cycles

Figure 6

Stress-strain curves of the samples with an initial water content of  = 25% for different numbers of cycles. Moisture content  = 25% for (a) zero cycles. (b) one cycle, (c) two cycles, (d) three cycles, (e) four cycles, and (f) five cycles.

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