Development of a hydraulic-driven soil penetrometer for measuring soil compaction in field conditions

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 918-921

  Tekin, Yücel ^a   Okursoy, Rasim ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cone index; Heavy traffic; Penetrometer; Soil compaction

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROCOMPUTERS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CONE INDEX; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; HEAVY TRAFFICS; PENETROMETER; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL CONE PENETROMETER;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 34249817090     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.918.921     Document Type: Article

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