Parametric study of unsaturated drainage layers in a capillary barrier

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1057-1065

  Morris, Carl E ^a,b   Stormont, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

CAPILLARY BARRIERS; UNSATURATED DRAINAGE LAYERS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CAPILLARITY; DRAINAGE; LANDFILL CAPPING; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 0033382161     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:12(1057)     Document Type: Article

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