Laboratory calibration of earth pressure cells

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-196

  Labuz, Joseph F ^a   Theroux, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Gale Tec Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arching; Calibration; Earth pressure cell; Soil stress gage; Test procedure

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LOAD TESTING; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES;

ARCHING; EARTH PRESSURE CELL; SOIL STRESS GAGE;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 15944396961     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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