A semi-analytical methodology for development woven geotextile filter selection criteria

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-72

  Aydilek, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; Filtration; Geosynthetics; Geotextile; Monte Carlo simulation; Pore opening size

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FILTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GEOTEXTILE SELECTION CRITERIA; PORE OPENING SIZE;

GEOTEXTILES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DIGITAL IMAGE; FILTER; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTEXTILE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION CONTROL; FILTER; FILTRATION; GEOTEXTILE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PORE SIZE; SAFETY; SOIL RESISTANCE; TESTING; WOVEN FABRIC;

EID: 33847660549     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2006.13.2.59     Document Type: Article

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