ASTM recommends a "circumferential measuring tape" to determine the actual diameter of a triax specimen. Has anyone used this or know exactly what it is? Or where to get one?
You might try changing your search to "deep soil mixing +dry method". The technology was developed by the Swedes.
Here's another place to start from.
http://www.swedgeo.se/sd/index.asp
I think MSESman is on the right track when he suggests getting away from internal reinforcements. I am aware of a wall that Utah DOT used on one of their geofoam embankments that was a "tilt-up" precast wall. It was basically a full height panel connected at the top to the crash...
Looks like I missed the crux of this thread by a couple of months, but I'd like to respond to some of the earlier posts. The only soil info 1967pradyot gives us is that he has marine clay with N=0. VAD was pretty quick to assume that this means the undrained strength is <150 psf -- an...
