Tomographic Evaluation of Air and Water Flow Patterns in Soil Column

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-422

  Wong, Ron C K ^a   Wibowo, Rinaldi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air saturation; Computerized tomography; Gas exsolution; Porosity; Soil; Water saturation

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; POROSITY; SOILS;

AIR SATURATION; CRITICAL FACTORS; EXSOLUTION; INTERPRETATION OF DATA; MICRO AIR-CHANNELS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS SOILS; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; WATER SATURATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0043187261     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11062j     Document Type: Review

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