Modelling the clogging of coarse gravel and tire shreds in column tests

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1273-1285

  Rowe, R Kerry ^a   Babcock, Dan ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clogging; Coarse gravel; Dispersivity; Leachate collection; Suspended solids; Tire shreds

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING; COARSE GRAVEL; DISPERSIVITY; LEACHATE COLLECTION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TIRE SHREDS;

FORECASTING; POROSITY; TIRES;

GRAVEL;

EID: 55849085962     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-057     Document Type: Article

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