Water distribution variation in partially saturated granular materials using neutron imaging

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-154

  Kim, Felix H ^a   Penumadu, Dayakar ^a   Hussey, Daniel S ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Neutrons; Partially; Quantification; Sand; Saturated; Three dimensional; Tomography; Water; X rays

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CYLINDERS; AMORPHOUS SILICON FLAT-PANEL; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; GRANULAR COLUMNS; GRANULAR POROUS MEDIA; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS; NEUTRON IMAGING; NEUTRON TRANSMISSION; PARTIALLY; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; QUANTIFICATION; SATURATED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE PHASIS; TOTAL NEUTRON CROSS-SECTION; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEUTRONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SILICA SAND; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; X RAYS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; GRAVIMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SATURATED MEDIUM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER; WATER CONTENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84857977746     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000583     Document Type: Article

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