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    LRFD Driven Pile Design

    thread256-229716 In reference to the above thread, if we use phi(static)=0.4 to determine the length of the pile and during construction use dynamic testing phi(dyn) =0.65 the production pile lengths will be one third shorter and will invite claims from the contractor because the change in...
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    Bearing Capacity of Foundation on Slopes

    The problem is I do not have access to the proceedings and I searched online but didnot find it anywhere. Can anyone please forward me a copy of the paper. And thanks BigH for the info.
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    Bearing Capacity of Foundation on Slopes

    Can anyone please direct me to the paper by Meyerhof (1957) "The Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Foundation on Slopes". The bearing capacity factors in most literatur I have found refers to this paper. The vertical axis of the graphs included in this paper are non linear. I am trying to find out...
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    Drained and Undrained Condition

    The loading condition I am working on is for a retaining wall. Soldier pile and lagging wall. What if the sand is on the exposed height of the wall or below the bottom of excavation. Thanks
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    Drained and Undrained Condition

    Can some one please explain me in simple terms what the difference between drained and undrained condition is? And for sand and clay what conditions to use? Specially for sand since the parameters dont change a lot for the two conditions which one do you use when performing finite element analysis
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    Consolidation Curve

    The test does have a unload reload. i checked a couple of text books but all of them had the curve plotted with void ratio against vertical stress. my question is what do i do if the plot is strain % against vertical stress
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    Consolidation Curve

    Here is my question. I have consolidation curves plotted with strain % against vertical stress. I am trying to determine the recompression index from the curves. Any suggestions?
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    Elastic Settlement

    Can anyone please give me an idea about how we can calculate elastic settlement of a large area with a surcharge. The area is being filled to a thickness of 6 feet with normal backfill material. Generally elastic settlement is not necesarry but in this case due to existing utilities it is...
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    SPT and Unit Weight Correlations

    Are there different equations for getting Unit weight of soil from the spt N values. Is it different according to soil types? (CL, ML, SP)

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