Fall-cone penetration and water content relationship of clays

Geotechnique

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-187

  Feng, Tao Wei ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clays; Laboratory tests; Plasticity; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS;

FALL-CONE TESTS; LOGARITHMS;

CLAY;

CLAY; CONE PENETRATION TEST; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0034071176     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2000.50.2.181     Document Type: Article

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