... understanding of the behaviour of piles driven into boulder clay. 2. This paper describes the results of ®eld experiments with an instrumented tubular steel pile which was driven into Dublin boulder clay.2 The aim of these experiments, which were undertaken as part of a research project at Trinity College...

...R N TAYLOR © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 CITY UNIVERSITY TUNNELS BEHAVIOUR MODELLING GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGES MODELS TUNNELLING GROUND MOVEMENT STABILITY EXCAVATIONS RESPONSES Modelling of tunnel behaviour R. N. Taylor, MA, PhD, CEng, MICE Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Geotech...

... SUBSURFACE UNDERGROUND WETTING MIGRATION INSTABILITY BEHAVIOUR GROUNDWATER POLLUTION REQUIREMENTS RELATIONSHIPS CULLIGAN AND BARRY Similitude requirements for modelling NAPL movement with a geotechnical centrifuge Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Geotech. Engng, 1998, 131, July, 180±186 Paper 11492 P. J...

...M C R DAVIES; T G HUGHES; P R TAUNTON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 DUNDEE UNIVERSITY WALES UNIVERSITY CARDIFF THYSSEN CONSTRUCTION BRIDGES ARCHES MASONRY MODELS CENTRIFUGES TESTING TESTS EFFECT GRAVITY BEHAVIOUR MATERIALS LABORATORIES FAILURES MECHANISMS LOADS...

...C M MERRIFIELD; J M CAREY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY BECHTEL WATER TECHNOLOGY Behaviour of ground anchorages under cyclic loading C. M. Merri®eld, BSc(Eng), PhD, CEng, MICE and J. M. Carey, BSc, MEng, PhD j In the design of grouted ground anchorages...

.... Recent examples include the Limehouse Link road in the London Docklands, and the Jubilee Line extension stations at Canary Wharf and Canada Water. This paper describes the use of centrifuge modelling techniques to investigate two aspects of the behaviour of in situ reinforced concrete retaining walls...

... of secondar y compression, C becomes dif®cult which freqently leads to an underestimate of the settlement. Log10 ä 2 log10 t representation of such time±compression data has the distinct advantage of exhibiting linear secondar y compression behaviour over an appreciably larger time span. The slope...

...R S STEEDMAN Seismic design of retaining walls R. S. Steedman, BSc, MPhil, PhD, CEng, FICE, FRSA Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Geotech. Engng, 1998, 131, Jan., 12±22 j Field evidence of the behaviour of retaining walls in recent earthquakes has continued to show a wide range of performance, implying...

... GROUND BEHAVIOUR MONITORING STRAIN TESTS DEFORMATION TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION ELASTIC YOUNGS MODULUS STIFFNESS SIMULATION STRENGTH DEPOSITS GEOLOGY SEISMIC SURVEYS UNCONFINED ULTRASONIC THICK PRESSUREMETERS OEDOMETERS INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTATION ANISOTROPY SAGAMIHARA JAPAN...

... with current interpretation techniques. Analysis is complicated by the cohesive and frictional properties of these materials, their brittle behaviour and the existence of joints and bedding planes. This paper brie¯y reviews the in¯uence of each of these factors and discusses whether drained or undrained...

... PROGRESSIVE EFFECT IN SITU BEHAVIOUR SOILS SEABED STRENGTH STRESS STRAIN MODELS STRATIGRAPHY PILES CAPACITY STRUCTURES INTERACTION EKOFISK NORTH SEA Geotechnical aspects of subsidence related to the foundation design of Eko®sk platforms Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Geotech. Engng, 1997, 125...

...M J TOMLINSON; SIR B BAKER; AIREY; LEWIS; I K BRUNEL; BERNAYS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 METROPOLITAN RAILWAY RAILWAYS UNDERGROUND EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES TUNNELLING TUNNELS HISTORY NINETEENTH CENTURY BEHAVIOUR CONSTRUCTION OPEN CUT CUT AND COVER METHODS...

...G E BLIGHT © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY MUDFLOWS DESTRUCTIVE TAILINGS DAMS DYKES FAILURES SEMI LIQUID BEHAVIOUR GROUND SURFACES MOVEMENT DRY WET RING DYKES IMPOUNDING POST FAILURE BREACHES WALLS SHEAR OVERTOPPING STORMS SHAPE SLOPES...

...A SRIDHARAN; K PRAKASH; TERZAGHI; CASAGRANDE; TAYLOR © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE CONSOLIDATION COEFFICIENTS CALCULATIONS SOILS SATURATED BEHAVIOUR THEORY CURVES FITTING METHODS EXPERIMENTS TESTS PROCEDURE SRIDHARAN AND PRAKASH...

...N A TRENTER; J A CHARLES; BRE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 SIR WILLIAM HALCROW BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT BRE FILL MODELS SPECIFICATIONS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION GROUND MOVEMENT CONTROL BEHAVIOUR MATERIALS DAMAGE BUILDINGS STRUCTURES LOW RISE SITE INVESTIGATION...

... 1 Frequency: range kHz DC to 4.8 DC to 12.6 Application At distances beyond 4 m from the blast At distances closer to the blast than 4 m BEHAVIOUR OF ROCK BOLTS IN TUNNELS using an analyser (B&K Type 2033) which enables signals to be examined in either the time or frequency domain. The analyser...

...C W W HILLS; B DENBY HILLS AND DENBY ~ ~~ ~~ ~ material,contactpoint failure occurs enabling movement of fragments, thus producing a reduction in voids. 6. Sowers et al examining creep behaviour as seen in earth/rockfillembankments,demonstrated that creep settlement generally follows a log-time...

...M C MATTHEWS; V S HOPE; C R I CLAYTON; RAYLEIGH GROUND STIFFNESS PROFILES material is brought to failure. Weak rocks display a more linear stress-strain behaviour and hence the loss of stiffness with increasing strain is much less than for most soils. 3. Themeasurement of stiffness using seismic...

... REDUCTION BUILDINGS DAMAGE SETTLEMENT CASE STUDIES PITS INUNDATION SUBMERGENCE CLAYS COLLIERIES SPOIL BEHAVIOUR EVALUATION LABORATORIES OEDOMETERS INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTATION IN SITU PENETRATION SANDSTONE ROCKFILL UK The assessment ofthe collapse potential of fills and its...

...M LONG © Thomas Telford and ICE 1995 OVE ARUP PILES STEEL BEHAVIOUR TUBULAR DRIVEN MUDSTONE LAMINATED JETTIES INSTALLATION DRIVING TESTS RESISTANCE FAILURES REDRIVING ROCKS BEDROCK GEOLOGY SITES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATIONS REMEDIAL ACTION SITE INVESTIGATION...