A method of estimating the form of coarse particulates

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-501

  Clayton, C R I ^a   Abbireddy, C O R ^b   Schiebel, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTING GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravels; Laboratory tests; Sands; Soil classification

Indexed keywords

COARSE PARTICLES; COARSE PARTICULATES; COMPRESSION AND SHEAR; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GEOMECHANICS; LABORATORY TESTS; ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SHAPE; POTENTIAL METHODS; PRACTICAL METHOD; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; STATIC IMAGING;

GRAVEL; SOILS; SPHERES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPRESSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMECHANICS; GRAVEL; SAND; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 76949084066     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.00195     Document Type: Review

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