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  1. breezeear

    Post-CPT testing criteria for compaction grouting

    Does anyone have experience or references on setting up post-grouting CPT testing acceptance criteria, for a Sandy, stiff to very stiff Clay site improvement using compaction grouting? No water, the clay is dry. What is the general range of CPT tip resistance and sleeve resistance range? I...
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    Arching factor for a tieback design

    Hi fellows, did anybody know a good tieback design manual or textbook for a tieback design, especially the arching factor (values) used for a tieback design? I have a lot of manuals talking about tieback, but none of them ever mentioned the arching factor values (FHWA-RD-75-128,129,130 mentioned...
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    Very soft soil but high relative compaction?

    I just came back from a nuclear gauge (NG) testing on some organic material (those black dredging stuff from the bottom of the sea). The soil is obviously very soft and the moisture is high. (after I stand on it, my footprints were on it permanently. Also, NG’s probe can be easily pushed down...
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    modify the scale of a .dxf file

    I am not very familiar with AUTOCAD. Any answer is appreciated. Q1: I have a .dxf file imported from a geotechnical software. I tried to do more work based on this drawing. But the scale of this file looks like not normal, say approximately 1:3.246. Which step(s) I should do to make it...
  5. breezeear

    The Geotechnical Engineer is only a California thing?

    Any other states have the title/exam for a Geotechnical Engineer? Thanks
  6. breezeear

    Lateral Spreading of Coastal Slopes

    The lateral spreading results calculated using the equation of Youd (2002, see ASCE 2002 October version) and other methods are quite different. A same CA coastal slope lateral spread using Youd’s equation say, is 100 feet, while using Newmark analysis or Markdisi & Seed chart resulted a lateral...
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    P.E. exam Structural Steel and Highway Capacity book

    Dear Friends: I am desperately looking for the following information for several weeks already. Your recommendation is really appreciated. I am reading Linderbuger's Civil Reference Manual for my P.E. exam next month. But for the Structural Steel topic, I still can't find any other book that...
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    Help! P.E. Exam Structural Steel and Highway Capacity book

    Dear Engineer Friends: I am desperately looking for the following information for several weeks already. Your recommendation is really appreciated. I am reading Linderbuger's Civil Reference Manual for my P.E. exam next month. But for the Structural Steel topic, I still can't find any other...
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    Calculate settlement due to sloping fill

    Hi all: I need to calculate the settlement due to a sloping fill. Somebody know where I can find some information (text book, manual)? Thanks

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