Best-Fit models to estimate modified proctor properties of compacted soil

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 992-996

  Di Matteo, Lucio ^a   Bigotti, Federica ^a   Ricco, Remo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per l'Edilizia (ISTEDIL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Mechanic properties; Soil compaction; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

ATTERBERG LIMITS; BEST-FIT MODELS; CENTRAL ITALY; COMPACTED SOIL; DEVELOPED MODEL; FINE GRAINED SOIL; GEOSTATISTICS; INDEX PROPERTIES; LIQUID LIMITS; MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY; MECHANIC PROPERTIES; MODIFIED PROCTOR; OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT; PLASTICITY INDICES; REGRESSION MODEL; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL SAMPLE; SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATTERBERG LIMIT; CLAY SOIL; COMPACTION; DRY DENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; INDEX METHOD; MODEL TEST; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649238468     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000022     Document Type: Article

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