...E FARRELL; B LEHANE; M LOOBY IRELAND EIRE EUROPE PILES DRIVING INSTRUMENTATION CLAYS BOULDER BOULDER CLAY DUBLIN CLAY BLACK CLAY PRECAST CONCRETE TESTS INSTRUMENTS WIRE GAUGES VIBRATING PROBES PORE PRESSURE SHAFTS COMPRESSION TENSION PULL OUT LOADING CAPACITY...

...A SRIDHARAN; K PRAKASH Secondary compression factor A. Sridharan, PhD, DSc and K. Prakash, ME Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Geotech. Engng, 1998, 131, Apr., 96±103 j When the variation of secondary compression with log10 t is non-linear, the quanti®cation of secondary settlement through the coef®cient...

... shaft and a short tunnel at the bottom of the shaft have been excavated in a thick deposit about 1´5 million years old, consisting of essentially unweathered and unfractured sedimentary soft mudstone having a compressive strength of about 5 MPa, in Sagamihara City near Tokyo. The ®eld full-scale...

... tool. Although probably conservative for compression piles in loose sand, it compares favourably with more sophisticated methods of design. Notation b equivalent pile diameter fs cone penetrometer local side friction l pile penetration p pile perimeter qc cone penetrometer tip resistance z depth below...

...J A CHARLES; K S WATTS; BRE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT BRE FILL MATERIALS COLLAPSE POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DRY COMPRESSION MOISTURE CONTENT INFILTRATION WATER GROUNDWATER GROUND MOVEMENT STRUCTURES INVESTIGATIONS...

... portion of the risk of leakage by hischoice of of wall. In the latter case it is theonften argued wall thickness, reinforcement density and as to what shape the area should take and detailing. Compression reinforcement isnow whether it be distorted to include(or exclude!) commonplace, oftenin double...

..., the mineral sealing layer must provide barrier preventing propagationof contaminants sufficient compressive and shear strengthto if they should ever penetrate the geotechnical remain stable throughout the different stageosf barrier (the basal lining system). 2. The subsoil as foundation zone is gener...