The reliability of soil classification derived from cone penetration test

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 58 I, 1996, Pages 383-408

  Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Tumay, Mehmet T ^b  

^a Louisiana Dept of Transportation   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DATA REDUCTION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STATISTICS;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; IN SITU SOIL BEHAVIOR; MOVING WINDOW APPROACH; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION INDEX; UNCERTAINTY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 6244238498     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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