Numerical study of infiltration into a soil-geotextile column

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 377-389

  Iryo, T ^a   Rowe, R Kerry ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Geosynthetics; Geotextiles; Hysteresis; Infiltration; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTEXTILES; HYDRAULICS; HYSTERESIS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

HYDRAULIC RESPONSE; SOIL-GEOTEXTILE COLUMN; UNSATURATED FLOW;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOTEXTILE;

EID: 27744451566     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2004.11.5.377     Document Type: Article

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