Effect of particle shape on density and permeability of sands

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Goktepe A B ^a   Sezer, A ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Design methods aids; Geotechnical engineering; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY; DESIGN METHOD; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; ENERGY LEVEL; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRANULAR SOILS; KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; PARTICLE SHAPE; PERMEABILITY TEST; PROCTOR TESTS; RELATIVE DENSITY; SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS; SHAPE COEFFICIENTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOILS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

DENSITY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SAND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79151483694     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: 17518563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2010.163.6.307     Document Type: Article

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