Interpretation of international parallel test on the measurement of G max using bender elements

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-650

  Yamashita, Satoshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Takayuki ^b   Nakata, Yukio ^c   Mikamt, Takeko ^d   Fujiwara, Teruyuki ^e   Shibuya, Satoru ^f  

^a KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HAKODATE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e GEO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bender element; International parallel test; Laboratory test; Secondary wave velocity; Shear modulus; Small strain; Test procedure (igc: D6 d7)

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BENDER ELEMENTS; LABORATORY TEST; PARALLEL TEST; SECONDARY WAVE VELOCITY; SMALL STRAINS; TEST PROCEDURES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 77956473263     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.49.631     Document Type: Article

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