ThO$sub 2$ SLURRY DEVELOPMENT: QUARTERLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30, 1955

Abstract

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Evaluation of Factors Contributing to Surface Stability of Sand‐Based Turf

“…Research on the roles of the inherent properties of sand in playing surface stability has been limited to particle-size distribution (Ferguson, 1955;Bingaman and Kohnke, 1970;Adams et al, 1971;Baker et al, 1988;Whitmyer and Blake, 1989) and compressibility (Kezdi, 1979;Waddington, 1992). Dury and Craggs (1977) reported that the playing surface stability of a sports fi eld is aff ected by the size, shape, and particle-size distribution of the medium based on ball bounce ratio.…”