Reliability, repeatability and accuracy of the falling head method for hydraulic conductivity measurements under laboratory conditions

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 754-757

  Pedescoll, Anna ^a   Samsó, Roger ^a   Romero, Enrique ^a   Puigagut, Jaume ^a   García, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clogging; Constant head method; Falling head method; Hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING; CONDUCTIVE MEDIA; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CONSTANT HEAD; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FALLING HEAD METHOD; FALLING HEAD METHODS; LAB CONDITIONS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT DEVIATIONS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SUBSURFACE-FLOW;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; WETLANDS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 79955603713     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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