ISSN: 1945-7553
CODEN: JTEVAB
Page Count: 2

Mechanization for Remolding Fine Grained Soils and for the Plastic Limit Test

Gay, GCW
Scientific officer, Otto-Graf-Institut, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart,

Kaiser, W
Scientific officer, Otto-Graf-Institut, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart,

Abstract

Time and costs studies in 1965 showed that in soil mechanics laboratories 60 to 90 percent of the total costs of tests were labor costs. The reason for these high labor costs is there has been very little mechanization of soil mechanics laboratory tests.

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Paper ID: JTE10024J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE10024J
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