DRYING-CRACKING OF SOILS AS INTER-SCALE INSTABILITY

Tomasz Hueckel1, Bolo Mielniczuk2, Shu Yang3, Alexendre Guevel2 and Said M. El-Youssoufi4, (1)Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NC, United States, (2)Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States, (3)Duke University, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Durham, NC, United States, (4)Universite de Montellier, Laboratoire de Mecanique et Genie Civil, Montpellier, France