A new automatic sand pourer for model preparation at University of Cambridge

Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 6th ICPMG'06 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2006, Pages 217-222

  Madabhushi, S P G ^a   Houghton, N E ^a   Haigh, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; CENTRIFUGE MODELS; CONSTANT DENSITY; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DROP HEIGHT; GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; MODEL PREPARATION; OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; UNIQUE FEATURES; UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

CENTRIFUGATION; SAND; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 54249141308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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