Characterization of unsaturated nonwoven geotextiles

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Advances in Unsaturated Geotechnics, GSP 99

Volumn 287, Issue , 2000, Pages 153-164

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

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; NONWOVEN FABRICS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; WEAVING;

CAPILLARY RISE; NON-WOVEN GEOTEXTILES; SOIL COLUMNS; TEST METHODS; WATER RETENTION;

GEOTEXTILES;

EID: 0042438449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40510(287)10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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