TY - RPRT A1 - Asslan, Milad T1 - Factors Influencing Small-Strain Stiffness of soils and its Determination N2 - This term paper presents a literature review and discusses concepts of the following point: 1- Factors affecting small-strain stiffness in soil; 2- Methods to determine small-strain shear stiffness in laboratory and in-situ; 3- Brief introduction into wave propagation and 4- Bender elements technique to determine shear wave velocity in soil. KW - Soil KW - Shear modulus KW - Bender elements Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20120402-15870 ER -