THE MEASUREMENT, SELECTION AND USE OF DESIGN PARAMETERS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. VOLUME 2

(Continued from TRIS 334807) Study of unsaturated soils with a peltier-psychrometer equipped triaxial device (This paper is presented in French); Long-term strength of clayey soils and its short-cut determination; An apparatus for the evaluation of the coefficient of earth pressure at rest; A "true direct shear apparatus" to measure soil parameters of shear bands; The self-boring pressuremeter and foundation design (This paper appeared in French); difficult geotechnical problems solved by radio-isotope methods; preliminary calibration tests of electrical cone and flat dilatometer in sand; Development of the dynamic probing test method; in-situ determination of the consolidation characteristics of saturated clays; subsurface geology and relevant soil parameters at a nuclear power plant site; Use of the pressuremeter in clean and variably cemented sands; Review of the pressuremeter over the last 20 years in Europe (This paper was presented in French); continuted on TRIS 334809.

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  • Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, held at Brighton.
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• Authors:
  • Verbrugge, J C
  • Vyalov, S S
  • Maximyak, R V
  • Wenkow, W
  • Wernick, E
  • Baguelin, F
  • Jezequel, J F
  • Lezequel, J F
  • BALLY, R J
  • Celan, B
  • Anton, C
  • Bellotti, C
  • Bizzi, G
  • Ghionna, V
  • JAMIOLKOWSKI, M
  • Marchetti, S
  • Pasqualini, E
  • Bergdahl, U
  • CLARKE, B G
  • Carter, J P
  • Wroth, C P
  • Durgunoglu, H T
  • Tezcan, S S
  • Acar, Y
  • FRYDMAN, S
  • Gambin, M P
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 298 p.
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  • Publication of: British Geotechnical Society
  • Publisher: British Geotechnical Society
  • ISSN: 0727-700804

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay soils; Conferences; Design; Earth pressure; Engineering; Field tests; Foundations; Geology; Geotechnical engineering; Pressure gages; Sand; Strength of materials; Time duration; Unsaturated soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Long term
• Old TRIS Terms: Geology (Soils); Insitu methods
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 6160: Back scattering apparatus; 4177: Clay; 8525: Conference; 5791: Consolidation (soil); 5907: Degree of saturation (mater); 5908: Density; 5735: Earth pressure at rest; 3674: Equipment; 3377: Foundation; 4053: Geology; 5920: Moisture content; 5762: Pore water pressure; 5412: Pressure; 4105: Sand; 5531: Shear; 6230: Shear box; 4156: Soil; 5755: Soil mechanics; 5544: Strength (mater); 6255: Test; 5566: Triaxial
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334808
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM