A transparent sand for geotechnical laboratory modeling

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Ezzein, Fawzy M ^a   Bathurst, Richard J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fused quartz; Granular soil; Refractive index; Transparent soil

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR PARTICLES; FUSED QUARTZ; GEOTECHNICAL MODELING; GRANULAR SOILS; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY TEST; TRANSPARENT SOILS; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERAL OILS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA GEL;

SOILS;

COMPRESSION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 80155193497     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ103808     Document Type: Article

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