Water retention curves of a non woven polyester geotextile

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 147, 2006, Pages 1651-1658

  Bouazza, A ^a   Nahlawi, H ^a   Kodikara, J ^a   Delage, P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; GEOTEXTILES; NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYESTERS;

COLUMN TEST; GENUCHTEN MODEL; INVERSE MODELING;

SOIL TESTING;

GEOTEXTILES; NONWOVENS; POLYESTERS; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 33845527153     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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