Using a seismic survey to measure the shear modulus of clean and fouled ballast

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-126

  Anbazhagan, P ^a   Indraratna, Buddhima ^b   Rujikiatkamjorn, Cholachat ^b   Su, Lijun ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballast; Critical fouling; Fouling; MASW; Optimum fouling; Shear stiffness

Indexed keywords

FOULING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR MODULUS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 77953451322     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486020903497431     Document Type: Article

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