Water retention curve and hydraulic conductivity function of highly compressible materials

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1200-1214

  Parent, Serge Étienne ^a   Cabral, Alexandre ^a   Zornberg, Jorge G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressible materials; Deinking by products; Hydraulic conductivity function; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CONSOLIDATION; RECYCLING; WATER CONTENT;

COMPRESSIBLE MATERIALS; DEINKING BY-PRODUCTS; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BYPRODUCTS; CONSOLIDATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; WATER CONTENT;

COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SILT; VOID RATIO; WATER RETENTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 38949167479     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-091     Document Type: Article

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