Water retention of nonwoven polyester geotextiles

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1038-1043

  Bouazza, Abdelmalek ^a   Freund, Michelle ^a   Nahlawi, Hani ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydraulic behaviour; Nonwoven geotextiles; Suction; Water content; Water retention

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FILTRATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTEXTILES;

GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GROUNDWATER TABLE; TRANSIENT WATER FLOW;

POLYESTERS;

DRAINAGE; FILTRATION; GEOTEXTILES; MOISTURE CONTENT; POLYESTERS; VACUUM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 33750957992     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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