A flexible wall permeameter for measurements of water and air coefficients of permeability of residual soils

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 559-574

  Samingan, Agus Setianto ^a   Leong, Eng Choon ^a   Rahardjo, Harianto ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flexible wall permeameter; Flow rate; Matric suction; Permeability; Residual soils; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

DRYING; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; WETTING;

RESIDUAL SOILS;

SOILS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATRIC POTENTIAL; PERMEABILITY; PERMEAMETER; RESIDUAL SOIL;

EID: 0043194231     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-015     Document Type: Article

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