Calibration and use of a new automatic sand pourer

Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 6th ICPMG'06 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2006, Pages 265-270

  Zhao, Y ^a   Gafar, K ^a   Elshafie, M Z E B ^a   Deeks, A D ^a   Knappett, J A ^a   Madabhushi, S P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION TESTS; DROP HEIGHT; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MEAN VALUES; MODEL CONTAINERS; PLUVIATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SAND-BEDS; SIZE AND SHAPE; UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

CALIBRATION; CENTRIFUGATION;

SILICA SAND;

EID: 84863229199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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