Fractal model for flow through saturated soils

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-66

  Thevanayagam, S ^a,b   Nesarajah, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FRACTAL MODEL;

SOILS;

DISPERSION; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL;

DIELECTRIC DISPERSION; FLUID FLOW; FRACTAL MODEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031897219     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:1(53)     Document Type: Article

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