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Improvement of methods of penetration testing for evaluation of soil properties

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 6, pp. 24–25, November–December, 1982.

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Kulachkin, B.I. Improvement of methods of penetration testing for evaluation of soil properties. Soil Mech Found Eng 19, 264–266 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02306648

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