Soil moisture assessment by means of compressional and shear wave velocities: A theoretical analysis

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 647-650

  Adamo, F ^a   Andria, G ^a   Attivissimo, F ^a   Fabbiano, L ^a   Giaquinto, N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Moisture measurement; Seismic propagation; Seismic velocities; Soil measurements

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS;

MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SEISMIC PROPAGATION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SOIL MEASUREMENTS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 36048965209     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2006.328660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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