Model for Capillary-Induced Radial Flow in Cohesionless Soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-376

  Babu, G L Sivakumar ^a   Fox, Patrick J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Capillary head; Degree of saturation; Horizontal radial flow; Hydraulic conductivity; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SUPERSATURATION; WETTING;

CAPILLARY HEAD; CAPILLARY PHENOMENA; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COHESIONLESS SOIL; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; UNSATURATED ZONE;

RADIAL FLOW;

EID: 0042686347     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11058j     Document Type: Article

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