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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 244-256).
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162 Reads
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 244-256).
... The model slopes were prepared using moist tamping. This method was chosen because capillary effects between soil particles allow for the preparation of loose specimens (Castro 1969;Sladen et al. 1985;Kramer and Seed 1988;Konrad 1990;Ishihara 1993;Cai 2001). The moist tamping method also allows a contractive fabric with strain-softening tendencies, which is more susceptible to liquefaction, to be created (Chang et al. 2011). ...