Masters Theses

Abstract

"An experimental laboratory study conducted to examine clogging within and penetration of fines into a single layer graded filter. Hydraulic gradient, filter gradation and flow direction were varied. Forty one tests gave over six hundred individual penetration depths. The magnitude of penetration in filters with considerable variation in gradation patterns correlated with an average hydraulic radius based on the volume of voids and an approximated total surface area. It has been shown than an increased thickness of poorly graded filter will stop penetration such as that caused by seepage erosion. A relationship between hydraulic radius, penetration depth and probability of penetration has been presented"--Abstract (1), page v.||"An experimental study to examine the clogging within and penetration of fines into a single layer graded filter has been made and a relationship between hydraulic radius, penetration depth and probability of penetration developed"--Abstract (2), page vi.

Advisor(s)

Muir, Clifford D.

Committee Member(s)

Bayless, Jerry R.
Ho, C. Y. (Chung You), 1933-1988

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Civil Engineering

Sponsor(s)

United States. Office of Water Resources Research

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

1970

Pagination

vi, 91 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14).

Rights

© 1970 William Chuan Shen, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Slopes (Soil mechanics) -- Stability
Filters and filtration
Drainage
Seepage
Porous materials
Hydraulics

Thesis Number

T 2459

Print OCLC #

6027854

Electronic OCLC #

864825586

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