Measuring and simulating moisture uptake in a fractured porous medium

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-246

  Roels, S ^a   Vandersteen, K ^a   Carmeliet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discrete fracture flow model; Fractured porous medium; Unsaturated flow; X ray radiography

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE APERTURE;

BRICK;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; POROUS MEDIUM; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

BRICK; FRACTURE; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

EID: 0037372837     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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