Permeability tensor and representative elementary volume of saturated cracked soil

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 928-942

  Li, J H ^a   Zhang, L M ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Fredlund, D G ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Crack network; Cracked soil; Cracks; Permeability tensor; Representative elementary volume; Seepage analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACK NETWORK; CRACKED SOIL; PERMEABILITY TENSOR; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; CLAY MINERALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEEPAGE; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TENSORS;

CRACKS;

ANISOTROPY; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PHREATIC ZONE; SEEPAGE; SOIL CRACKING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 70349197504     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-037     Document Type: Article

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