Sample size effects on the behavior of EPS geofoam

Proceedings of the United Engineering Foundation / ASCE Geo-Institute Soft Ground Technology Conference - Soft Ground Technology, GSP 112

Volumn 301, Issue , 2000, Pages 280-291

  Elragi, Ahmed ^a   Negussey, Dawit ^b   Kyanka, George ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; POLYSTYRENES; SOIL TESTING; TECHNOLOGY;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; END EFFECTS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS); GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; LABORATORY TESTING; LATERAL DEFORMATIONS; MATERIAL DENSITIES; POISSON; PROPERTY (S); SAMPLE SIZES; SMALL SAMPLES; SOFT GROUNDS; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

POISSON RATIO;

EID: 2642550189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40552(301)22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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