Detection of underground obstacles by SASW method - Numerical aspects

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-219

  Ganji, Vahid ^a,b   Gucunski, Nenad ^a,b   Maher, Ali ^a,b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES; SURFACE WAVES FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION; UNDERGROUND OBSTACLES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CAVITY DETECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SASW; SURFACE WAVE; UNDERGROUND OBSTACLE;

EID: 0031105580     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:3(212)     Document Type: Article

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