Role of dynamic flow in relationships between suction head and degree of saturation

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-294

  Mohamed, Mostafa A ^a   Sharma, Radhey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil water; Suction; Unsaturated soils; Water flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL MOISTURE;

DEGREE OF SATURATION; DYNAMIC FLOW; MATRIC SUCTION HEAD; TRANSITION CURVE; UNSATURATED SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; SOIL WATER; SUCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

EID: 33847239889     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:3(286)     Document Type: Article

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