The measurement of vertical shear-wave velocity using side-mounted bender elements in the triaxial apparatus

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 495-498

  Clayton, C R I ^a   Theron, M ^a   Best, A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Laboratory equipment; Laboratory tests; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 4644230638     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.7.495     Document Type: Article

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