Influence of fabric variables on clay-water-air capillary meniscus

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 987-995

  Amarasinghe, Priyanthi M ^a   Anandarajah, A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary; Contact angle; Fabric; Meniscus; Molecular dynamics; Pyrophyllite; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY FORCE; CAPILLARY WATER; CLAY PARTICLES; CONTACT LENGTH; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MENISCUS; PARTICLE THICKNESS; PYROPHYLLITE; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; UNSATURATED CLAY;

CLAY MINERALS; CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLAY; CURVATURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PYROPHYLLITE; SEPARATION; SURFACE TENSION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER FLOW;

EID: 79960776949     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t11-018     Document Type: Article

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