Sand liquefiability assessment by flat dilatometer test (DMT)

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2693-2697

  Monaco, P ^a   Marchetti, S ^a   Totani, G ^a   Calabrese, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC RESISTANCE; FLAT DILATOMETER TESTS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL MECHANICS;

DILATOMETERS;

EID: 34548169580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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