Similitude requirements for modelling NAPL movement with a geotechnical centrifuge

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-186

  Culligan, P J ^a   Barry, D A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CENTRIFUGE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; NAPL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032123269     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/igeng.1998.30474     Document Type: Article

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