Measuring hydraulic conductivity in pervious concrete

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 960-969

  Montes, Felipe ^a   Haselbach, Liv ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Infiltration; Laminar flow; Permeameter; Porosity; Porous media flow; Porous pavements; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SLABS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LAMINAR FLOW; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

CARMAN KOZENY EQUATION; ERGUN EQUATION; POROUS PAVEMENTS; STORMWATER POLLUTION;

CONCRETE TESTING;

CONCRETE; STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; CARMAN KOZENY EQUATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33750980972     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.23.960     Document Type: Article

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