Conduction phenomena: From theory to geotechnical practice

Geotechnique

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 299-340

  Mitchell, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis; chemical properties; clays; environmental geotechnics; groundwater; permeability; soil properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMCIAL PROPERTIES; CONDUCTION; COUPLED FLOW; COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; GEOTECHNICAL PRACTICE; SOIL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLAY - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCES - GROUNDWATER;

DARCY'S LAW; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS; FOURIER'S LAW; SOIL COUPLED FLOW ANALYSIS; SOIL DIRECT FLOW; SOIL PERMEABILITY PROPERTIES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0026359064     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1991.41.3.299     Document Type: Article

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