Field applications of explosive compaction in silty soils and numerical analysis

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 75 I, 1998, Pages 654-665

  Gohl, W B ^a   Tsujino, S ^b   Wu, G ^a   Yoshida, N ^b   Howie, J A ^c   Everard, J ^d  

^a Pacific Geodynamics Inc   (Canada)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; COMPACTION; ELASTIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PORE PRESSURE; SAND; SILT; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

EXPLOSIVE COMPACTION; PENETRATION TESTS; WAVE SUPERPOSITION APPROACH;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0031640380     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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