Capillary Phenomena in Cohesionless Soils

1 January 1951

journal article
Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Vol. 116 (1) , 401-423
https://doi.org/10.1061/taceat.0006535

Abstract

This paper explains the fundamentals of capillarity in cohesionless soils, by first describing analogies in capillary tubes and then presenting data from soil tests to substantiate the conclusions drawn from the analogies. A number of theoretical methods, in common use, for computing the rate of flow of water under the influence of capillarity are investigated and evaluated. I~provements in several of these theories are suggested.

Keywords

CAPILLARITY
SOIL TESTS
CAPILLARY TUBES
THEORETICAL METHODS
CAPILLARY PHENOMENA
COHESIONLESS SOILS
PAPER EXPLAINS
PRESENTING DATA

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