Determining the maximum density of sands by pluviation

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 324-328

  Cresswell, Andrew ^a   Barton, Max E ^a   Brown, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Whitby Bird and Partners   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Depositional intensity; Maximum dry density; Pluviation; Pouring; Sands

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEPOSITION;

CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT; DEPOSITIONAL INTENSITY; FLOW DIVIDERS; MAXIMUM DENSITY; MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY; PLUVIATION; POURING;

SAND;

EID: 0003124670     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11245j     Document Type: Article

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