CAPILLARY PRESSURE - UPC
CAPILLARY PRESSURE - UPC
CAPILLARY PRESSURE - UPC
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Daniel Fernàndez Garcia<br />
<strong>UPC</strong> – Constitutive eqs.<br />
MEASUREMENTS OF Pc-S<br />
LABORATORY<br />
LONG COLUMNS<br />
A long porous media is allowed to reach equilibrium with the source of wetting fluid at its base<br />
HANGING COLUMN<br />
Small porous plate connected to a water column that ends in a burette. The position of the<br />
burette can be changed to increase suction.<br />
CENTRIFUGE<br />
Saturated short column is placed with its long axis horizontal in a centrifuge.<br />
<strong>PRESSURE</strong> PLATE<br />
Similar to hanging column but sample is in chamber with controlled external pressures.<br />
FIELD<br />
TENSIOMETER<br />
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