Interpretation of bender element tests

Geotechnique

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 149-154

  Viggiani, Giulia ^a   Atkinson, J H ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamics; laboratory tests; stiffness

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC WAVES; KAOLIN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; TRANSDUCERS;

BENDER ELEMENT TESTS; OVERCONSOLIDATED BOULDER CLAY; SHEAR PLATES; SPESWHITE KAOLIN CLAY;

SOIL TESTING;

BENDER ELEMENT TEST; BENDER ELEMENT TESTS; SHEAR MODULUS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOIL STIFFNESS; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0028974917     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1995.45.1.149     Document Type: Article

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