The geotechnical centrifuge facility at the University of Pretoria

Physical Modelling in Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2014, ICPMG 2014

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-174

  Jacobsz, S W ^a   Kearsley, E P ^a   Kock, J H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; DATA ACQUISITION;

ENGINEERING LABORATORIES; GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGES;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 84890094860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b16200-16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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