The indirect estimation of saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils, using measurements of gas permeability. I. Laboratory testing with dry granular soils

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 719-725

  Wells, Tony ^a   Fityus, Stephen ^a   Smith, David W ^b   Moe, Hlwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE;

GAS FLOW TECHNIQUE; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STRUCTURED SOILS;

SOILS;

CATCHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 33750284418     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR06037     Document Type: Article

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