PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, ACCRA, JUNE 1980. VOLUME 1. SECTION 5: PROBLEM SOILS IN DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS, AND THE STABILITY OF SLOPES. GENERAL TOPICS (CONTD)

(continued from TRIS 349143.) Section 5 and general topics contain the following papers: Design and Monitoring of an Embankment on Alluvium (Jones, GA, Rust, E and Tluczek, HJ); Interesting Features of a Coal Dump-Ash Dam at Kilbarchan Colliery (Williams, AAB and Maree, P); Filtration: An Application of a Statistical Approach to Filters and Filter Fabrics (Wates, JA); Landslides Caused by Liquefaction of Pumice Gravel in Tukuyu District, Tanzania (Bucher, F); The Identification and Use of Dispersive Soils at Elandsjagt Dam, South Africa (Melvill, AL and Mackellar, DCR); Stability Problems in Some Precambrian Weathered Rocks in the Congo (This report is presented in French under the title: Problemes de Stabilite dans Quelques Roches Alterees du Precambrien du Congo) (Bolognini, M, Mortari, R, Talone, S and Trastulli, S); Notes on the Potential Use of Crushed Laterite Rock for Concrete Aggregate (Gidigasu, MD); Optimum Utilization of Available Engineering Data: A Case for Data Bank in Soil Analysis (Olayinka Asseez, L and Sivapalan, M). (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Jones, G A
  • RUST, E
  • Tluczek, H J
  • Williams, AAB
  • Maree, P
  • WATES, J A
  • BUCHER, F
  • Melvill, A L
  • MacKellar, DCR
  • Bolognini, M
  • Mortari, R
  • Talone, S
  • Trastulli, S
  • Olayinkai, SCR))P
  • Sivapalan, M
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 417-486
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alluvium; Conferences; Container tanks; Crushed rock; Dams; Databases; Embankments; Foundation engineering; Landslides; Laterites; Liquefaction; Pumice; Soil mechanics
• Old TRIS Terms: Ashes; Liquefaction (Soil)
• ITRD Terms: 8001: Africa; 4030: Alluvium; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 4563: By product; 4755: Concrete; 8525: Conference; 5176: Crushing; 8614: Database; 150: Developing countries; 3317: Earth dam; 2801: Embankment; 7182: Filter; 4580: Fly ash; 5270: Fusion; 4575: Gravel; 4029: Landslide; 4138: Laterite; 4185: Pozzolan; 8136: Republic of Congo; 4154: Rock; 5783: Slope stability; 4156: Soil; 8103: South Africa; 6555: Statistics; 8112: Tanzania; 5281: Weathering
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349144
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 093 5
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 1982 12:00AM