Determination of the Transitional Fines Content of Mixtures of Sand and Non-plastic Fines

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-107

  Yang, Shaoli ^a   Lacasse, Suzanne ^a   Sandven, Rolf ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

index data; sand silt mixtures; transitional fines content; triaxial test

Indexed keywords

SAND; SILT; BINARY MIXTURES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FINES CONTENT; INDEX DATA; KEYS PARAMETERS; SAND-SILT MIXTURE; TRANSITIONAL FINE CONTENT; TRIAXIAL TEST;

MIXTURES; MATERIALS TESTING;

SAND SILT MIXTURES; TRANSITIONAL FINES CONTENT (TFC); TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 33845271674     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ14010     Document Type: Article

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