Effect of Suction Cycles and Suction Gradients on the Water Retention Properties of a Hard Clay

<div>(a) Experimental results and the numerical prediction of the weight evolution of the sample D1 during dehydration while the relative humidity (RH) decreases from 75% to 32% (b) and during hydration with the increase of RH from 32% to 75%.</div>

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Figure 5: Effect of Suction Cycles and Suction Gradients on the Water Retention Properties of a Hard Clay 