Determination of the hydraulic conductivity function of a highly compressible material based on tests with saturated samples

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 614-618

  Parent, Serge éEtienne ^a   Cabral, Alexandre ^a   Dell'Avanzi, Eduardo ^b   Zornberg, Jorge G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristic curve; Compressible soils; Deinking by products; Hydraulic conductivity function; Suction

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; COMPRESSIBILITY; DEINKING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; COMPRESSIBLE SOILS; DEINKING BY-PRODUCTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTION; SUCTION; VOID RATIO;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 8544247987     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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