Mechanical characterization of heterogeneous soils with surface waves: experimental validation on reduced-scale physical models

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-258

  Abraham, O ^a   Chammas, R ^a   Cote, Ph ^a   Pedersen, H A ^b   Semblat, J F ^c  

^a Laboratoire Centrale de Ponts et Chausées   (France)

^b LGIT   (France)

^c LMSRGI LCPC   (France)

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EID: 33646076784     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2004022     Document Type: Article

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