Uncertainties in characterising soil properties

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 58 I, 1996, Pages 49-75

  Lacasse, Suzanne ^b   Nadim, Farrokh ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TECHNOLOGY;

CALCULATION MODEL; ENGINEERING JUDGEMENT; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; SITE DESCRIPTION STRATEGY; SOIL PROPERTIES; STOCHASTIC INTERPOLATION; UNCERTAINTIES;

SOILS;

EID: 0029722185     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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