Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils. II: Measurement of the hydraulic characteristics of an unsaturated clay

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1064-1076

  McCartney, John S ^a   Zornberg, Jorge G ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge permeameter; Hydraulic conductivity function; Soil water retention curve; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPACTED CLAYS; DIRECT DETERMINATION; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; INFLOW RATE; K-FUNCTION; MATRIC SUCTIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEAMETERS; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; PRESSURE CHAMBER; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; UNSATURATED CLAY; UNSATURATED SOIL; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

BUOYANCY; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

WATER CONTENT;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CLAY SOIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; PERMEAMETER; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 77955590547     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000320     Document Type: Article

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