Nondestructive sample quality assessment of a soft clay using shear wave velocity

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-432

  Landon, Melissa M ^a   Degroot, Don J ^a   Sheahan, Thomas C ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Laboratory tests; Nondestructive tests; Shear waves; Soil sampling; Velocity

Indexed keywords

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SOFT CLAY; WAVE VELOCITY;

CLAY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; S-WAVE; SOFT CLAY; WAVE VELOCITY;

DESIGN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAMPLING; SOIL BURIAL TEST; VELOCITY;

EID: 34249041244     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:4(424)     Document Type: Article

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