Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and ...

After supervising a dam project in Croatia and studying others in the U.S., he concluded that the study of soil mechanics had stagnated. “The reason for this lack of progress lies mainly in ...

450-1: Shear strength of soils. Theory of consolidation. Problems of rate-independent and rate-dependent settlement. 450-2: Foundation engineering. Bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations.

Geotechnical practice employs computer programs that incorporate numerical methods to address problems of stability, settlement, deformation, and seepage. These methods are based on theoretical ...

Application of testing procedures to the evaluation of soil type and engineering properties. Testing for classification, permeability, consolidation, direct and triaxial shear and field parameters.

IN 1962, Hamblin 1 and later Calvert and Veevers 2 took up the use of X-ray radiography in the investigation of structures in sediments. The method has been adopted by the Norwegian Geotechnical ...