Earthwork quality control using soil stiffness

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1689-1692

  Edil, T ^a   Sawangsuriya, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; COMPACTION ENERGY; CONSTRUCTION QUALITY; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DRY DENSITY; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SOIL STIFFNESS; SOIL STIFFNESS GAUGE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPACTION; EXCAVATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

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EID: 84868533587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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