Abstract:Several series of one dimensional tests were performed to examine the moisture and soil water potential distributions in the buffer material compacted to a dry density of 1.67 Mg/m3 and volumetric water content of 0.28. Diffusivity parameters were calculated using the measured moisture profiles combined with the finite difference method. Powell’s optimization was used to determine the material parameters.It is experimentally demonstrated that the moisture distribution is highly dependent on the test boundary c… Show more
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