Suction profiles and scale factors for unsaturated flow under increased gravitational field

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 79-89

  Dell'Avanzi, Eduardo ^a   Zornberg, Jorge G ^b   Cabral, Alexandre R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modeling; Model tests; Partial saturation; Suction; Water flow (IGC: D7 E14)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CENTRIFUGES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; WATER;

CENTRIFUGE MODELING; MODEL TESTS; PARTIAL SATURATION; SUCTION; WATER FLOW (IGC: D7/E14);

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 24744456298     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.44.3_79     Document Type: Review

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