Measurement biases in the bender element test

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-574

  Wang, Y H ^a   Lo, K F ^b   Yan, W M ^a   Dong, X B ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Measurement; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; TIME DELAY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BENDER ELEMENT TEST; NEAR-FIELD EFFECT;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

BENDING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSOR; TRANSFER FUNCTION; VELOCITY;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASURING SYSTEM; SENSOR; TESTING; VELOCITY;

EID: 34247250258     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:5(564)     Document Type: Article

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