CAPILLARITY DEVICES: OPEN TUBE: NEGATIVE HEAD

CAPILLARITY TESTS ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT, RATE, AND HEIGHT OF WATER TAKEN UP OR HELD BY SOILS. THE CAPILLARITY DEVICES DISCUSSED ARE: OPEN TUBE AND NEGATIVE HEAD.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/18/18Part2-040.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 18, ParT II, PP 403-408, FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Krynine, D P
  • Scholer, C H
  • Huizinga, T K
  • Burmister, D M
  • Housel, W S
  • Preece, E F
  • Hogentogler, C A
  • Seifert, R
• Publication Date: 1939

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. November 28-December 2, 1938. Part II: Soil Mechanics and Soil Stabilization
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 18
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capillarity; Equipment; Soils; Water
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229851
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM