A simple method to analyze infiltration into unsaturated soil slopes

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Gavin, Kenneth ^a   Xue, Jianfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Infiltration capacity; Unsaturated soil slopes; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EMBANKMENTS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; WETTING;

GREEN-AMPT INFILTRATION MODEL; UNSATURATED SOIL SLOPE; WETTING FRONT;

SOILS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EMBANKMENT; INFILTRATION; MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 40649129012     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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