PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN FILTRATION ANALYSES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

With reference to the analysis of filter stability, a theoretical model based on information theory to obtain the pore size distribution of a particulate medium is presented in this paper. The maximum probability of occurrence is provided to the distribution so determined by imposing to the particulate system a condition of maximum entropy, without the introduction of fictitious or oversimplified hypotheses on soil packing. The theoretical pore size distribution curve depends on porosity and, then, it allows investigation of the development of the clogging process accounting for the whole range of filter density, from the loosest to the densest state. The physical significance of the piping ratio is explored and the known empirical limit value justified. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Musso, A
  • Federico, F
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1207-12
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Density; Filtration; Mathematical models; Pipe; Pore size distribution; Porosity
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM