Estimation of uniaxial compressive strength based on P-wave and Schmidt hammer rebound using statistical method

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1925-1931

  Minaeian, Behnaz ^a   Ahangari, Kaveh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bakhtiari Formation; Hezardareh Formation; Multivariate regression model; P wave; Schmidt hammer; Uniaxial compressive strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONGLOMERATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; P-WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

IRAN;

EID: 84878281418     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0460-y     Document Type: Article

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