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  1. Focht3

    PVR references

    I'm looking for a copy of Chester McDowell's original paper on the Potential Vertical Rise (PVR) method. McDowell was with the Texas Highway Department, and the paper dealt with the swell potential of compacted clay soils. Anyone have a copy of the original document that they would be willing...
  2. Focht3

    seepage through clay fill

    Anyone know of a textbook or paper that discusses seepage flow through a (mostly) clay fill? This has to do with a litigation assignment; I can't share the particulars yet. (Perhaps in two weeks.) I have a cut/fill site with clay fill and some (randomly distributed) clay/rock fill beneath a...
  3. Focht3

    LI / "relative moisture" references needed

    I'm looking for published references in using Liquidity Index ("relative moisture content") to evaluate the presence of sources / paths of water / swell potential. The structure was constructed on a cut/fill site, and some of the soils are pretty expansive. The heave in one area...
  4. Focht3

    Anyone going to Geo-Support 2004?

    I'm planning on going - be there Thursday through Saturday (I leave early Sunday morning for home.) It looks like the technical sessions are as good - perhaps a bit better - than in previous years. The conference web site is: www.geo-support2004.com Perhaps we can get together one evening...
  5. Focht3

    24 hour water level readings

    I practice in an area where the soils are predominantly clays with some sands and gravels within the profile. The clays are typically highly plastic with some secondary structure, like slickensides, calcareous pockets, etc. We take 24 hour water level readings in boreholes whenever possible...
  6. Focht3

    Why the WTC Towers Fell - on PBS

    For U.S. (and perhaps some Canadian) members of Eng-Tips members: here is an interesting program on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. It is based on the ASCE investigation and report. It's a good place to direct your curious non-engineer friends who want to understand why the...
  7. Focht3

    Greek letters in Excel 2000

    I need to put Greek letters in an Excel 2000 spreadsheet - phi, gamma, rho, delta, etc. I've done it in Quattro Pro 10 by simply changing the font for the character in question, but it doesn't seem to work in Excel. Any suggestions? Thanks! [pacman]
  8. Focht3

    ANSI A137.1 Glazed Paver Tile question

    I've received a breaking strength test of ceramic tile that references this standard. I've never seen it before; anyone know what kinds of flooring materials it is directed at? Who uses this test standard? Any help will be greatly appreciated - [pacman]
  9. Focht3

    Data Extraction Question

    I have an Excel spreadsheet that contains soil data from over 4,000 sites over a four year period. Data contains columns for "Site Number", "Location", "Year", "Month", "Depth", "Moisture", etc. I need to extract the moisture data for...
  10. Focht3

    Menard Pressuremeter - practical limit?

    I would like to pose a not-so-hypothetical problem. An engineer has suggested that Menard pressuremeter tests be performed on a local site in order to better characterize the site conditions. The project could easily support the cost. The soils are likely to be hard calcareous clays with some...

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