Quantitative evaluation of sand shape and roundness and their potential effect on stability of sand-based athletic fields

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 661, Issue , 2004, Pages 159-170

  Li, Deying ^a   Minner, David D ^b   Christians, Nick E ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of repose; Angularity; Roughness; Sphericity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349444222     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.661.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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