Seepage forces and confining pressure effects on piping erosion

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Tomlinson, S S ^a   Vaid, Y P ^b  

^a Ministry of Transportation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confining stress; Filters; Piping erosion; Seepage forces

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEEPAGE; SOILS;

ARTIFICIAL GLASS BEADS; PIPING EROSION; SEEPAGE FORCES;

EROSION;

CONFINING PRESSURE; EROSION; PERMEAMETER; PIPING; SEEPAGE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0034021124     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-116     Document Type: Article

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