Compaction characteristics of granular soils in United Arab Emirates

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-295

  Omar, Maher ^a   Shanableh, Abdallah ^a   Basma, Adnan ^a   Barakat, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Compaction; Granular soil; Multiple regression; Nomograph

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MOISTURE; PLASTICITY; SOIL TESTING;

PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS;

SILT;

COMPACTION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0141559179     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024927719730     Document Type: Article

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