A small true triaxial apparatus with wave velocity measurement

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Ismail, Mostafa A ^a   Sharma, Shambhu S ^a   Fahey, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Piezoelectricity; Shear and compression wave velocity; Silica sand; Small strain stiffness; True triaxial

Indexed keywords

PIEZOELECTRICITY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICA SAND; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPRESSION WAVE VELOCITY; SMALL-STRAIN STIFFNESS; TRUE TRIAXIAL APPARATUS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 15944382758     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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