Determination of expansive soil strength using a fractal model

Fractals

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-60

  Xu, Yongfu ^a   Sun, De'an ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0011583413     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X01000506     Document Type: Article

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