Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils. I: Theoretical basis and experimental developments

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1051-1063

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

PERMEAMETERS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; TDR; TENSIOMETERS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; CENTRIFUGATION; CLAY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INSTRUMENTS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

CENTRIFUGES;

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

EID: 77955601644     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000319     Document Type: Article

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