Time domain reflectometry for water content and density of soils: Study of soil-dependent calibration constants

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1053-1065

  Drnevich, V P ^a   Ashmawy, A K ^c   Yu, X ^a,b   Sallam, A M ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

^d Nodarse and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration constants; Dry density; Sensitivity; TDR; Time domain reflectometry; Water content

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION CONSTANTS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR); WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

CALIBRATION; DENSITY; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 27744470789     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-047     Document Type: Article

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