Shear modulus and damping of unsaturated loess

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 75 I, 1998, Pages 178-188

  Hardcastle, James H ^a   Sharma, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DAMPING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; TORSIONAL STRESS;

CLAYEY LOESS; SATURATION RATIO; SHEAR MODULUS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0031640385     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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