A soil column apparatus for laboratory infiltration study

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-355

  Yang, Hong ^a   Rahardjo, Harianto ^a   Wibawa, Budi ^a   Leong, Eng Choon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Matric suction; Unsaturated soil column; Water content

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW MEASUREMENT; INFILTRATION; PORE PRESSURE; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); TRANSDUCERS;

SOIL COLUMN APPARATUS; TENSIOMETER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; UNSATURATED SOIL COLUMN;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 3342958221     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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