Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of compacted sand-kaolin mixtures

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-169

  Chiu, Te Fu ^b   Shackelford, Charles D ^a,c  

^a ASCE ^*

^b Genesis Clinic   (Taiwan)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KAOLIN; SAND;

SAND-KAOLIN MIXTURES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY/SAND; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UNSATURATED SOIL;

EID: 0032008004     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(1998)124:2(160)     Document Type: Article

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