In-situ desaturation test by air injection and its evaluation through field monitoring and multiphase flow simulation

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 643-652

  Okamura, Mitsu ^a   Takebayashi, Masaya ^b   Nishida, Katsuji ^c   Fujii, Nao ^d   Jinguji, Motoharu ^e   Imasato, Takehiko ^f   Yasuhara, Hideaki ^a   Nakagawa, Emiko ^g  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 31F Shinjuku Park Tower   (Japan)

^c FUDO TETRA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Oriental Shiraishi Corporation ^*  (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f Nihonchikatansa Co Ltd   (Japan)

^g Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Monitoring; Numerical models; Radiography; Saturation; Soil liquefaction

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; AIR FLOWRATES; AIR INJECTION; AIR INJECTORS; CYCLIC SHEAR; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DESATURATION; ELECTRIC RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FIELD MONITORING; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; GROUND FREEZING; HIGH QUALITY; IN-FIELD; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; ITS EVALUATION; LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SOIL DESATURATION; SOIL SAMPLE; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDISTURBED SAMPLE; UNSATURATED ZONE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW SIMULATION; FROZEN SOILS; MONITORING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SUPERSATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW MODELING; FROZEN GROUND; LIQUEFACTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOGRAPHY; SOIL MECHANICS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 79960107262     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000483     Document Type: Article

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