Sand structure differences resulting from specimen preparation procedures

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 75 I, 1998, Pages 234-245

  Jang, Deh Jeng ^a   David Frost, J ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SAND; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; STRESSES;

CONFINING STRESS; VOID RATIO;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0031628819     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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