A physical model for sloping capillary barriers

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-183

  Tami, Denny ^a   Rahardjo, Harianto ^a   Leong, Eng Choon ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary barrier; Matric suction; Physical model; Pore water pressure; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated water flow; Volumetric water content; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER;

COARSE SOIL LAYER; SLOPING CAPILLARY BARRIERS; STORAGE CAPACITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TROPICAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; WATER BALANCE MEASUREMENTS; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENT;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 1642416224     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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