Modelling hydraulic conductivity in a small centrifuge

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1150-1155

  Singh, Devendra N ^a   Gupta, Ashok K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modelling; Consolidation tests; Falling head tests; Hydraulic conductivity; Scale factor; Silty soil

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; CONSOLIDATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; FALLING HEAD TEST; SCALE FACTOR;

SILT;

EID: 0034290439     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t00-027     Document Type: Article

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