Time Domain Reflectometry Development for Use in Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-20

  Siddiqui, S I ^a   Drnevich, V P ^b   Deschamps, R J ^c  

^a Soil Exploration Inc   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fuller Mossbarger Scott May E   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction test; Density; Dielectric constant; Field sampling; Probe; Time domain reflectometry; Water content

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; COMPACTION TEST; CYLINDRICAL CELLS; FIELD SAMPLING; SAMPLING VOLUME; SOIL DISTURBANCES; TEST METHODOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0012977021     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11119j     Document Type: Article

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