Centrifuge modelling of contaminant transport processes

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Culligan, Patricia J ^a   Savvidou, C ^b   Barry, D Andrew ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b University of Western Australia ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modelling; Contaminant transport; Geo environmental engineering; Site remediation

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0003152672     PISSN: 10893032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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