Variations in Membrane Contact Patterns of Reconstituted Sand Specimens

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 522-531

  Saussus, Denis R ^a   Frost, David ^a   Ashmawy, Alaa K ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact patterns; Image analysis; Membrane penetration; Specimen preparation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; SAND; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

ACTUAL CONTACTS; CONFINING STRESS; CONTACT PATTERN; MEMBRANE INTERFACE; MEMBRANE PENETRATION; PREPARATION METHOD; RELATIVE DENSITY; SPECIMEN PREPARATION METHOD;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 0007675411     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11072j     Document Type: Article

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