Use of in situ air flow measurements to study permeability in cracked clay soils

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1577-1586

  Wells, Tony ^a   Fityus, Stephen ^a   Smith, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clays; Cracking; Darcy's law; Finite element method; Measurement; Soil permeability

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF GASES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING;

DARCY'S LAW; SOIL PERMEABILITY;

CLAY;

AIRFLOW; CLAY SOIL; CRACKING; DARCY LAW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY;

AIRFLOW; CLAY LINER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; PERMEABILITY; SOIL BURIAL TEST; VISCOSITY;

EID: 36448933424     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:12(1577)     Document Type: Article

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