Triaxial determination of shear strength of tire chips

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 479-482

  Wu, Wei Y ^a   Benda, Christopher C ^a   Cauley, Robert F ^a  

^a Vermont Agency of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; INTERNAL FRICTION; MORPHOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN RATE;

TIRE CHIPS;

TIRES;

BACKFILL; SHEAR STRENGTH; TYRE;

EID: 0008755332     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:5(479)     Document Type: Article

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