... coal mining at the St Aidans extension site near Leeds was brought abruptly to a halt by a catastrophic failure of the 70 m deep excavation wall and the resulting inundation by the River Aire. This paper describes the planning, design, construction and recovery of the site, which involved...

... at Badour was incorrect. Although repairs at that time might have been costly, they would have cost much less than the later repairs. What lessons have SHE learned from the North Lochay tunnel failures about the inspection and maintenance of their tunnels? Authors replies In reply to Mr Morrow...

... presence of air pockets are shown findings, the experimental observationsof to be especially problematic. It is sug- higher first pressure peaks (than those pre- gested t h a t such behaviour m a y trigger dicted by normal, constant wave speed, water pipe failures in circumstances w h e r e hammer theory...

... GEOTECHNICA STUART WELL SERVICES SOIL MECHANICS LTD DAMS RECONSTRUCTION DESIGN PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCTION PERMEABILITY MUDSTONE SUBSTRATA SEALING BLANKETS DRAWDOWN FILL SLOPES SAFETY FACTORS STABILITY DEWATERING SUBCONTRACTORS GROUNDWATER FAILURES SITE INVESTIGATION FISSURES...

... BIOENGINEERING INSTABILITY HYDROLOGY EFFECT COVER SOILS SOIL PROPERTIES RAINFALL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS CANOPIES HIGHWAYS ROADS FAILURES INFILTRATION PORE PRESSURE MALAYSIA ASIA h o c . Znstn Civ. EngWrsaMt.,arit. &Energy, 1995, 112,June, 168-175 Water Board Water Panel Pape1r0303...

... s u b j e c t to breaking wave forcesis illustrated by the the structure under both normal and extreme Written discussion conditions: i.e. criteria should be considered closes 15 February 1995 which are related to botha sudden failure lessons d r a w n f r o m a c t u a l f a i l u r e s , w h i c...

... c . Instn Civ. Engrs Wat., Marit. &Energy, 1994, 106, Dec., 399-403 Paper 9828 Dr E. W.Brand, Civil Engineering appropriate for failures in peat. Is effective Department, Hong Kong Government stress analysisever employed for this purpose In this most interesting Paper, the Authors and, if so, how...

...G P MARTIN; A C ARNOLD; G S LITTLEJOHN; R FREER; J D METTAM; R T DAY; M J MILLER; C IRWIN CHILDS; C I CHILDS; A G STACEY; D NICHOLSON; P M BLAIR FISH; P M B FISH; G P MEANLEY; M G PORTER; J MANNING Failure of dry dock flooirn Scaramanga, Greece, resulting from stress corrosion damage to anchor...

...G P MARTIN; A C ARNOLD © Thomas Telford and ICE 1992 T E BURNS POSFORD DUVIVIER DOCKS FAILURES DRY FLOORS STRESS CORROSION DAMAGE ANCHORS PILES TENDONS REINFORCED CONCRETE RAFTS PRESTRESSED UPLIFT STRANDS REPAIRS METHODS CONVERSION SILLS DESIGN CONSTRUCTION...