Falling-Head Permeability Tests in an Unconfined Sand Aquifer

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-112

  Chapuis, Robert P ^a   Dallaire, Véronique ^a   Gagnon, Francis ^a   Marcotte, Denis ^a   Chouteau, Michel ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

field test; hydraulic conductivity; monitoring well; numerical analysis; permeability; variable head

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARY FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

FIELD TEST; K-VALUE; K-VALUES; MONITORING WELLS; PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY TEST; PUMPING TESTS; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; TRANSIENT FLOW; VARIABLE-HEAD;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FIELD TESTS; MONITORING WELLS; SAND AQUIFERS; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 34247374398     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ100067     Document Type: Article

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