The Stokoe resonant column apparatus: Effects of stiffness, mass and specimen fixity

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 429-437

  Clayton, C R I ^a   Priest, J A ^a   Bui, M ^a   Zervos, A ^a   Kim, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Laboratory equipment; Laboratory tests; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

GEOMATERIALS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; LABORATORY TESTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; RESONANT COLUMN APPARATUS; RESONANT COLUMN TESTING;

DYNAMICS; LABORATORIES;

STIFFNESS;

EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; LABORATORY METHOD; STIFFNESS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 67649248914     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.00096     Document Type: Article

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