Capillary force and water retention between two uneven-sized particles

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-384

  Lechman, Jeremy ^a   Lu, Ning ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Granular materials; Interfacial tension; Particles; Tensile stress; Theory; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CAPILLARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE TENSION; TENSILE STRESS;

FREE ENERGY APPROACH; TOROIDAL APPROXIMATION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

ABSORPTION; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CAPILLARITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE TENSION; TENSILE STRESS;

ABSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 42449116681     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2008)134:5(374)     Document Type: Article

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