Bridging process threshold for sediment infiltrating into a coarse substrate

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 402-406

  Gibson, Stanford ^a,b   Abraham, David ^c   Heath, Ronald ^c   Schoellhamer, David ^d  

^a Hydrologic Engineering Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging; Critical constriction; Filter; Flume experiment; Gravel clogging; Siltation

Indexed keywords

BRIDGING; CONSTRICTION SIZES; FILTER CRITERIA; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GEOTECHNICAL; GRAVEL BED;

EXPERIMENTS; GRAVEL; SAND; SIZE SEPARATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLVENTS;

SUBSTRATES;

FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; INFILTRATION; PERCOLATION; PORE SPACE; SEDIMENT; SUBSTRATE; THRESHOLD; VOID RATIO;

EID: 77953249346     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000219     Document Type: Article

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