CPT and CPTu data for soil profile interpretation: Review of methods and a proposed new approach

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue B1, 2004, Pages 69-86

  Eslami, A ^a   Fellenius, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clays; Cone penetration test; Piezocone; Pore pressure; Sand; Sleeve friction; Soil profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845691149     PISSN: 10286284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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