Permeability measurement of base materials using falling-head test apparatus

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1615, 1998, Pages 94-99

  Fwa, T F ^a   Tan, S A ^a   Chuai, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DARCY'S LAW; FALLING-HEAD TESTS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 0032130980     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1615-13     Document Type: Article

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