On the performance of bender elements in triaxial tests

Geotechnique

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Alvarado, G ^a,c   Coop, M R ^b,c  

^a Edafos Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Greece)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Stiffness; Vibration

Indexed keywords

LIGHT VELOCITY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BENDER ELEMENTS; GROUP VELOCITIES; LABORATORY TEST; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SIGNAL INTERPRETATION; VIBRATION;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

BENDING; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; S-WAVE; STIFFNESS; TRIAXIAL TEST; VIBRATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84155195771     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.7.00086     Document Type: Article

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