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High column loads, Low Bearing Capacity lead to the option of Friction Piles in Foundations.No speck of any rocky strata even upto 20 metres and the p…
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This is regarding the use of the shear wave velocity (Vs) to get the shear modulus (G) and hence the initial deformation modulus (Es) of the soil. Thi…
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I am Ralph Raymond Pineda, currently a 5th year civil engineering student at the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines, and I am currently doing my t…
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28/05/2013 17:01, updated:
10/09/2023 08:33
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PaulPheonix123
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Dear Experts, I dont have any expertise in soil mechanics. I am planning to construct a two storied concrete house consisting of 1300 Square feet grou…
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28/05/2013 17:00, updated:
11/09/2023 01:22
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Seenaramo
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Hi All I am doing preliminary design of Contiguous Bored Pile wall for Crossrail project in London.The soil stratum is 1.5-2.0m thick made ground and …
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28/05/2013 17:00, updated:
11/09/2023 01:22
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Seenaramo
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I had made a design of foundation on clay with allowable bearing capacity of 50kPa and expected load of 50kPa. Now the client has changed the expected…
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28/05/2013 17:00, updated:
11/09/2023 01:22
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Rahulrahul
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hi , could any one please help me out in doing review of literature on swelling soil characteristic and the mechanism of swelling and clay minerals...…
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Hi I want to make a model footing test on a normally consolidated clay. I will buy blocks of clay ,which are slightly loaded. I know that bearing capa…
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20/09/2009 16:30, updated:
12/06/2013 12:43
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Aliakou
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I'm new here and i can not speak English very good..I'm sorry for this..I want to ask about the rigidity of a footing.How can we measure the rigidity …
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01/09/2009 21:55, updated:
12/06/2013 12:43
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Aliakou
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Dear colleagues, we would like to draw your attention to the Geotechnical Safety Network (see http://geosnet.geoengineer.org) the mission of which is …
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11/05/2008 15:34, updated:
12/06/2013 12:43
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BSchuppener