CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCANDINAVIAN GEOTECHNICAL MEETING, COPENHAGEN 1975

This collection of papers on various topics in geotechnical engineering, includes the following: Use and misuse of computers and numerical methods in geotechnical engineering; Investigation of the mechanical properties of rockfill for the Svartevann dam, using triaxial, oedometer, and plate bearing tests; Test fill to failure on soft clay; Natural scale shear test on Oslo clay; The use of triacial and simple shear tests for solving geotechnical problems; A drillrig for site investigations in road planning; Earthquakes, the effect of distance and local ground conditions on the ground motion characteristics; Foundations for gravity platforms in the North Sea; Practical experience from the excavation of slurry trenches in Oslo clay; Slide as a result of pile-driving; The determination of deformation and shear strength parameters for sands using the electrical friction-cone penetrometer.

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  Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

  P.O. Box 40 Tasen
  Oslo 8,   Norway 
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Norwegian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 59 p.
• Serial:
  • Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Publication
  • Issue Number: 110
  • Publisher: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
  • ISSN: 0078-1193

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Computers; Construction; Drilling machines; Earthquakes; Geotechnical engineering; Pile driving; Rockfills; Shear tests; Slurry trenches; Triaxial shear tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Slurry trench construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148371
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM