Laboratory fall Cone testing of unsaturated sand

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Likos, William J ^a   Jaafar, Rani ^b  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall cone; Matric suction; Penetration; Sand; Suction; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

FALL CONE; MATRIC SUCTIONS; PENETRATION; SUCTION; UNSATURATED;

SAND;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; LABORATORY METHOD; PLASTICITY; SAND; SOIL STRENGTH; SOIL WATER; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84906973686     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001143     Document Type: Article

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