Seafloor properties from penetrometer tests

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Stoll, Robert D ^a,b   Sun, Yue Feng ^c   Bitte, Ivars ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone penetration resistance; Penetration velocity; Pore pressure probe; PROBOS; Quasi static cone penetrometer; Seafloor penetrometer; Sediment shear strength; STATPEN; STING; Strain rate factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORDNANCE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STRAIN RATE;

PENETRATION RESISTANCE; PENETROMETER TESTS; SEAFLOOR; STRAIN RATE FACTOR;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547578121     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2007.890943     Document Type: Article

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