Effects of silt content and void ratio on the saturated hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of sand-silt mixtures

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1976-1980

  Bandini, Paola ^a   Sathiskumar, Sittampalam ^a  

^a New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficients; Hydraulic conductivity; Sand, soil type; Saturation; Silts; Soil compression; Soil consolidation; Soil permeability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAND; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE;

COEFFICIENTS; SOIL COMPRESSION; SOIL CONSOLIDATION; SOIL PERMEABILITY; SOIL TYPES;

CONSOLIDATION;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONFINING PRESSURE; CONSOLIDATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEAMETER; PORE PRESSURE; SATURATED MEDIUM; SILT; SILTY SOIL; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOID RATIO;

EID: 75949109480     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000177     Document Type: Article

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