Physical clogging of soil filters under constant flow rate versus constant head

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 804-811

  Reddi, Lakshmi N ^a   Xiao, Ming ^a   Hajra, Malay G ^b   Lee, In Mo ^c  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b Professional Service Industries   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clogging; Constant; Filter; Flow; Head; Particle

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOILS;

CONSTANT HEAD; PHYSICAL CLOGGING; SOIL FILTERS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

EARTH DAM; FILTER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; WATER FLOW;

EID: 27144445857     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-018     Document Type: Article

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