Assessment of statistical models for indirect determination of permeability functions from soil-water characteristic curves

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-282

  Agus, S S ^a   Leong, E C ^b   Schanz, T ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Permeability; Statistical analysis; Suction

Indexed keywords

PERMEABILITY; SOIL WATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION;

EID: 0037353671     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.279     Document Type: Article

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