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A Technique for Cutting Brittle Undisturbed Lateritic Soil Block Samples

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This note describes a technique for cutting undisturbed brittleblock samples into smaller specimens for further geotechnical testing. This technique revealed very useful in dealing with collapsible soils, where the sampling is recommended to be donewith block soil samples. A further use of this technique as an efficient way for sampling collapsible soils is proposed.

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  1. Escola de Engenharia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    T. Cássia De Brito Galvão

  2. School of Engineering, Purdue University, 1284 Civil Engineering Building, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A

    Vincent P. Drnevich

  3. Soil Science, Agronomy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A

    Darrell G. Schulze

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Cássia De Brito Galvão, T., Drnevich, V.P. & Schulze, D.G. A Technique for Cutting Brittle Undisturbed Lateritic Soil Block Samples. Environ Monit Assess 84, 175–181 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022807702027

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