A critical assessment of the moist tamping technique

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-70

  Frost, J D ^a   Park, J Y ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction force; Image analysis; Moist tamping; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

COMPACTION FORCE; MOIST TAMPING METHOD; UNIFORMITY;

SOILS;

EID: 0037343521     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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