Time domain reflectometry for compaction quality control

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Use of Geophysical Methods in Construction, GSP 108

Volumn 296, Issue , 2000, Pages 15-34

  Lin, Chih Ping ^a   Drnevich, Vincent P ^b   Feng, Wei ^c   Deschamps, Richard J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d FMSM Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Density; Soil compaction; Water content

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DENSITY; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC MEDIUM; HIGH ACTIVITY; IN-SITU; LARGE PARTICLES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SALT CONTENT; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL TEXTURES; TESTING PROCEDURE; THEORETICAL MODELING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS;

CABLES; COMPACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 78649396015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40521(296)2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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