Laboratory-prepared iron oxide coatings on sands: Submicron-scale small-strain stiffness

Engineering Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 7-17

  Larrahondo, J M ^a   Choo, H ^a   Burns, S E ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bender element; Goethite; Hematite; Iron oxide; Shear wave velocity; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BENDER ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COARSE-GRAINED SOILS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOTECHNICAL INDEX; GOETHITE; ICP ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDE-COATED SANDS; OXIDE COATING; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEM IMAGE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SMALL-STRAIN STIFFNESS; SOIL SURFACES; SUBMICRON SCALE;

HEMATITE; IRON ORES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SAND; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHERING;

IRON;

CEMENTATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; S-WAVE; SOIL SURFACE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79959227592     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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