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Closure to “Predicting the Maximum Shear Modulus of Sands Containing Nonplastic Fines” by Meisam Goudarzy, Negar Rahemi, Md. Mizanur Rahman, and Tom Schanz

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Received: May 2, 2018
Accepted: Jun 8, 2018
Published online: Feb 15, 2019
Published in print: Apr 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Jul 15, 2019

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Meisam Goudarzy [email protected]
Postdoctoral Fellow and Chair of Foundation Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany. Email: [email protected]
Negar Rahemi [email protected]
Chair of Foundation Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany. Email: [email protected]
Research Strand Leader, Water and Natural Resources, Natural and Built Environments Research Centre, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia; Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engineering, School of Natural and Built Environments, Univ. of South Australia, Room P2-42(A), Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-4055. Email: [email protected]

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