Application of a fuzzy rule-based method for the determination of clay dispersibility

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Zorluer, Ismail ^a   Icaga, Yilmaz ^a   Yurtcu, Saban ^a   Tosun, Hasan ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dispersive clay; Double hydrometer; ESP CEC; Fuzzy logic; Na( ) TDS; Pinhole

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVE CLAY; DOUBLE HYDROMETER; ESP-CEC; NA(%)-TDS; PINHOLE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLAY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SODIUM; TESTING;

FUZZY LOGIC;

CLAY SOIL; DISPERSION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HYDROMETRY; PIPING; POREWATER;

EID: 78649451626     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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