Measurement of shear waves in laboratory specimens by means of piezoelectric transducers

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-397

  Brignoli, Enrico G M ^a   Gotti, Marino ^a   Stokoe II, Kenneth H ^b  

^a ISMES Istituto Sperimentale Modelli e Strutture   (Italy)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression waves; Far field measurements; Laboratory testing; Near field effect; Piezoelectric transducers; Shear waves; Source to receiver measurements

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOILS; TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

LABORATORY TESTING; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030412137     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10716j     Document Type: Article

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