Reduction of equipment-generated damping in resonant column measurements

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 503-512

  Meng, J ^a   Rix, G J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Laboratory equipment; Laboratory tests; Torsion; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DAMPING; MAGNETS; RESONANCE; SOLENOIDS;

RESONANT COLUMN (RC) TEST;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BEAM; DAMPING; TORSION; VIBRATION;

DAMPING; TORSION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0038009859     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.5.503     Document Type: Article

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