Publication Date
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Abinash Agrawal (Committee Co-chair), David Dominic (Committee Co-chair), Robert Ritzi (Committee Co-chair)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
Open-framework gravel has permeability, k, above the measurement range of most conventional constant-head permeameters used in laboratories. Here I addressed the challenge of measuring such high k by using a permeameter long enough that the differences in head across it were on the order of 10-3 m and therefore measurable. I collected data over the range from linear-laminar flow to non-linear, non-Darcian flow. In doing so, I verified that k was measured under Darcian flow. I measured k between 4,000 and 100,000 Darcies among experiments using different sediments.
Page Count
49
Department or Program
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Year Degree Awarded
2009
Copyright
Copyright 2009, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
