Errors in estimates of void ratio of laboratory sand specimens

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1017-1020

  Vaid, Y P ^a   Sivathayalan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow slide; Liquefaction; Measurement resolution; Residual strength; Sand; Void ratio error

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FLOW SLIDE; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; STEADY STATE ANALYSIS; VOID RATIO;

SAND;

SAND; SAND SPECIMEN; VOID RATIO;

EID: 0030435863     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-128     Document Type: Article

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