Study on the hydraulic conductivity of Boom clay

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1461-1470

  Deng, Yong Feng ^a,b   Tang, Anh Minh ^b   Cui, Yu Jun ^b   Li, Xiang Ling ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boom clay; Consolidation; Constant head percolation; Correlation; Hydraulic conductivity; Void ratio

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BOOM CLAYS; LIQUID LIMITS; SOFT CLAYS; SOIL POROSITY; VOID RATIOS;

CONSOLIDATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SOLVENTS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BOOM CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION; POROSITY; PREDICTION; SAND; SEEPAGE; VOID RATIO;

ESSEN; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 80053614939     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t11-048     Document Type: Article

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