Airborne acoustic method to determine the volumetric water content of unsaturated sands

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1872-1882

  Mohamed, M H A ^a   Horoshenkov, K V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic techniques; Measurement; Porosity; Unsaturated soils; Water content

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SAND; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; ACOUSTICAL DATA; BUCHNER FUNNELS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FREQUENCY RANGES; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LOGARITHMIC EQUATIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; REAL PART; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SUCTION HEAD; SURFACE ADMITTANCE; UNSATURATED SAND; UNSATURATED SOIL; UNSATURATED SOILS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

WATER CONTENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACOUSTIC METHOD; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SANDY SOIL; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 75949098876     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000168     Document Type: Article

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