... under the CC-BY 4.0 license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) excavation field instrumentation monitoring sheet piles & cofferdams Rapid population growth in dense urban environments means that exploitation of underground spaces is often the only sustainable solution...

... are characterised using laboratory testing and long-term field instrumentation. Because the pore size distribution of the loess is fractal, the laboratory-derived soil-water characteristic curve is described mathematically using a series of power-law relationships. The same soil-water characteristic curve applies...

... by the proposed OTs. The response time and measurement accuracy of the OTs were studied and analysed. 18 05 2021 02 08 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 field instrumentation monitoring suction Matric suction is a stress state variable required to determine the engineering...

... cooling. 15 07 2020 08 02 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 field instrumentation full-scale tests piles & piling temperature effects A number of studies examining the thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy piles have now been published. These are a mix of field...

... requirements to the church and the adjacent 15 Abchurch Lane building. 23 08 2019 06 10 2020 © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 field instrumentation monitoring tunnels & tunnelling soil/structure interaction Excavation of underground facilities causes ground movements...

...) sufficient data for statistical analysis. © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 field instrumentation in situ testing sands site investigation The cone penetration test (CPT) is a widely used geotechnical method to characterise the in situ properties of soil. Its advantages over drilling...

..., sufficient for the electrolevels and their carriages, and a 5·8 mm wall thickness, with the inner surface smooth and the outer one ribbed. 07 04 2019 10 06 2020 © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 embankments field instrumentation ground movements monitoring pore pressures vegetation...

.... The implications for slope stability assessment include the need for changeability of soil parameters and of the ground model, with changes occurring both seasonally and gradually over time. fabric/structure of soils field instrumentation laboratory tests partial saturation slopes 15 02 2019...

... environmental engineering field instrumentation suction vegetation The response of the shallow portion of the ground (vadose zone) and earth structures is affected by interaction with the atmosphere. Rainwater infiltration and evapotranspiration cause settlement and heave in shallow foundations...

..., making a case for reviewing these limits for future projects. Fig. 1. Longitudinal distortion and calculating radius of curvature 17 07 2018 20 02 2020 © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 field instrumentation monitoring tunnels & tunnelling Tunnelling under...

..., distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. design field instrumentation model tests offshore engineering piles & piling soil/structure interaction A field testing campaign has been completed, as part of the PISA (Pile–Soil Analysis...

... in this study for an improved prediction of cyclic strength, as well as realistic compliance post-unloading following a dilative response. The modified model formulation is summarised in Appendix 1. 14 10 2018 16 04 2019 © 2019 Thomas Telford Ltd 2019 dynamics earthquakes field...

... the test results and interpretation may be used in assessing the potential implications of excess pore pressure development in the sand layer for slope stability. 29 01 2018 08 03 2019 © 2019 Thomas Telford Ltd 2019 field instrumentation full-scale tests liquefaction offshore...

... ‘Mechanisms of EPBM tunnelling-induced pore water pressure changes and ground arching’. The results presented in this paper strongly suggest an arching mechanism, identified for the first time through field measurements, for an advancing EPBM in London Clay. field instrumentation monitoring pore...

... benefits in improving the performance of GRR walls. deformation field instrumentation numerical modelling retaining walls stress analysis Fig. 3. Mesh of the numerical model The height of the wall facing in the numerical model was 11·7 m, containing 58 stacked facing blocks and a wall...

... license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 2017 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. field...

..., and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. centrifuge modelling field instrumentation tunnels & tunnelling Tunnelling underneath an existing tunnel in close proximity is a common recurring problem in densely populated cities with underground transportation...

... license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 2017 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. field...

... 2017 © 2017 Thomas Telford Ltd 2017 field instrumentation ground movements monitoring settlement tunnels & tunnelling Using earth pressure balance machines (EPBMs) to construct tunnels in urban environments has become increasingly popular because they can be effectively...

... cannot predict accurately results from both oedometer and undrained triaxial tests using the same parameter values. This translates in the tunnelling boundary value problem as field instrumentation ground movements monitoring numerical modelling tunnels & tunnelling © 2017 Thomas...