Shear-plate transducers as a possible alternative to bender elements for measuring Gmax

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 403-407

  Ismail, M A ^a   Rammah, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clays; Laboratory tests; Sands; Stiffness; Waves and wave loading

Indexed keywords

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 21344459005     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.5.403     Document Type: Article

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