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2005
Volume 8
Issue 2
Topic:
Civil Engineering
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Sobolewski M. 2005. VARIOUS METHODS OF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENT IN SOILS - POSSIBILITIES AND APPLICATION, EJPAU 8(2), #13.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue2/abs-13.html

VARIOUS METHODS OF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENT IN SOILS - POSSIBILITIES AND APPLICATION

Mariusz Sobolewski
Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



The paper presents a review and classification of methods of the determination of the permeability coefficient and research instruments, well-known from literature. Special emphasis has been put on the discussion of experimental methods, as the most exact values of this parameter are obtained on their basis. Apart from this, attention has been paid to modern measuring instruments which serve to define the consolidation and permeability coefficients in coherent soils. The introduction of suggested changes in the current methodology of studies into practice makes values of the discussed parameters obtained in situ and from laboratory tests comparable.

Key words: seepage, consolidation, permeability coefficient, hydraulic gradient, field tests, laboratory tests, investigative methods, measuring apparatus, cohesive soils.


Mariusz Sobolewski
Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy,
Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland
Nowoursynowska St. 159
02-776 Warsaw, Poland
email: mariusz_sobolewski@sggw.pl

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