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Soviet investigations of the mechanics of lunar soils

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  1. I. I. Cherkasov
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Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Candidate of Technical Sciences.

National Association of the USSR for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 4, pp. 12–15, July–August, 1973.

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Cherkasov, I.I., Shvarev, V.V. Soviet investigations of the mechanics of lunar soils. Soil Mech Found Eng 10, 252–256 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01704945

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