GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF THE BULGARIAN LOESS SOILS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

Loess covers about 10 percent of Bulgaria's territory and considerable industrial, civil, road and land improvement construction is carried out in loess regions. Extensive engineering geological and soil mechanics studies have been accomplished reflected in numerous publications and maps of different scales. This paper treats problems associated with the defining of the type of loess bases, the utilisation of underground space, construction on slopes, raising the ground water level and foundation work in loess of great thickness. The first part is devoted to the results obtained from test loading of slabs of big diameter in natural and compacted loess soils. This problem is particularly topical because of the extensive use of dynamic compaction of loess in construction. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

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• Authors:
  • Minkov, M
  • Stefanoff, G
  • Evstatiev, D
  • Jellev, J
  • Donchev, P
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 2435-42
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Conferences; Construction; Engineering geology; Foundation engineering; Groundwater; Load tests; Loess; Slope stability; Soil mechanics; Thickness
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466525
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM