Fractal representation of soil cohesion

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 901-904

  Bonala, Mohan V S ^a   Reddi, Lakshmi N ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY;

SOIL COHESION;

SOIL TESTING;

COHESION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT; SOIL;

EID: 0032729537     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:10(901)     Document Type: Article

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