Ultrasonic testing for compacted clayey soils

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Advances in Unsaturated Geotechnics, GSP 99

Volumn 287, Issue , 2000, Pages 54-68

  Yesiller, Nazli ^a   Inci, Gokhan ^a   Miller, Carol J ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COMPACTION; PLASTICITY; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TESTING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY; WATER CONTENT;

CLAY CONTENTS; COMPACTIVE EFFORT; CORRECTION FACTORS; DRY DENSITIES; HIGH PLASTICITY; P WAVE VELOCITY (IGC: D7/E8); SOIL TYPES; TEST METHODS; THROUGH TRANSMISSION; TOP SURFACE; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0007520133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40510(287)5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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