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    Bearing capacity, slope stability, safe slope hiegth

    fattdad Thank you. Do you have some materials to that effect ?
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    Bearing capacity, slope stability, safe slope hiegth

    Would someone help me with the Mike Fabius paper? Why are some people not considering the issue as impact of a vertical load on underlying material which have limit to the load it can carry. What is your view.
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    Bearing capacity, slope stability, safe slope hiegth

    Please would someone help me how to estimate the bearing capacity of a foundation soil for waste dump design. It is not pure clay, but rather c and phi soil material. I need your help Thank you.
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    Standard for DCPT

    I want to know the basis of the use of DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER-60 Degree cone with 20mm diametre, 8kg hammer. Is it in the standards, BS or which one? Thank you.
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    DCP Vs Bearing Capacity

    The DCP in question is the one with 10Kg mass falling through 460mm height onto 60 degree angled cone of diameter 20mm. Please check it out . Thank you
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    DCP Vs Bearing Capacity

    Is there any existing work relating penetration resistance values of the dynamic cone penetrometer to bearing capacity. If not, can't it studied? Help me out
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    EFFECT OF SUCTION ON PAVEMENT

    What is effect of suction on pavement disgn. Why cann't just the groundwater level be used in designing instead of suction. Is the effect of suction widely known.
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    geotechnical investigation

    I am undertaking 5 borehole percussion drilling for Box Culvert Construction in Accra, Ghana. The consultants to the project requested that drilling be done to 10m depth. However, at 6.5m depth, I hit very dense sandstone belonging to the Accraian series. Chiselling of the sandstone yields 16...
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