Quantifying void ratio variation in sand using computed tomography

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 106, 2000, Pages 30-43

  Alshibli, Khalid A ^a   Batiste, Susan N ^b   Swanson, Roy A ^b   Sture, Stein ^b   Costes, Nicholas C ^b   Lankton, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

VOID RATIO;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033698196     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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