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Discussion of “Modified NTH Method for Assessing Effective Friction Angle of Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays from Piezocone Tests” by Zhongkun Ouyang and Paul W. Mayne

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Received: Nov 21, 2019
Accepted: Jan 22, 2020
Published online: Jul 10, 2020
Published in print: Sep 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Dec 10, 2020

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Demetrious C. Koutsoftas, M.ASCE [email protected]
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