Scaling laws and experimental modelling of contaminant transport mechanism through soils in a geotechnical centrifuge

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-590

  Kumar, P Rajeev ^a  

^a SAINTGITS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Geotechnical centrifuge; Scaling laws; Soil; Transport mechanism

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCALING LAWS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING; GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL;

EID: 34548323992     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-007-9131-x     Document Type: Article

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