Using a small ring and a fall-cone to determine the plastic limit

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 630-635

  Feng, Tao Wei ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clay soils; Cone penetration; Laboratory tests; Liquid limit; Plasticity index; Text equipment

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; THREAD ROLLING;

FALL-CONE METHOD; LOGARITHMIC CONE PENETRATION; PLASTIC LIMIT;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; LIMIT ANALYSIS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 2942511331     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:6(630)     Document Type: Article

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