Calibration Use of Grid-Based Tactile Pressure Sensors i Granular Material

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-241

  Paikowsky, Samuel G ^a   Hajduk, Edward L ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass beads; Granular material; Laboratory tests; Pressure sensor; Soil tests; Stress distribution; Tactile pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000506435     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10741j     Document Type: Article

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