• Capillary Bundle Model for the Estimation of Air-water Interfacial Area and the Gas-filled Pore Size Distribution in Unsaturated Soil

  • Heonki Kim*

  • Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Energy and Environment, Hallym University, Gangwon-Do, Chuncheon 24252, Korea

  • 모세관 모델을 이용한 불포화토양의 물-가스 접촉면적 및 가스공극 크기분포의 계산 및 검증

  • 김 헌 기*

  • 한림대학교 환경생명공학과, 한림대학교 에너지∙환경 연구소

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This Article

  • 2021; 26(1): 1-7

    Published on Feb 28, 2021

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2021.26.1.001
  • Received on Oct 5, 2020
  • Revised on Oct 23, 2020
  • Accepted on Nov 5, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Heonki Kim

  • Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Energy and Environment, Hallym University, Gangwon-Do, Chuncheon 24252, Korea

  • E-mail: heonki@hallym.ac.kr