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    Rainfall Event

    I have been asked to find the rain fall event year for a recent storm. I have the following information to go off of... Time of Day total rainfall 858 0.02 901 0.15 905 0.34 918 1.10 928 1.25 947 1.41 954...
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    Depth of a Soldiers in a Pile Wall

    I have looked for references to the design of a "temporary" soldier pile wall and cannot find what I am looking for. I am looking for the calculations to find the depth below the surface for the "H" beams. Here is the information I am working with. Max Height = 9' Unit weight of Soil Behind...
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    Solving an equation

    I was not real sure where to post it but here it goes. I am trying to solve the depth of sheet pile needed and the equation I am solving for is: g=gamma D^4-[8p/g(Kp-Ka]D^2-[12PL/g(Kp-Ka)]D-[2P/g(Kp-Ka)]^2=0 this reduces to D^4-54.54D^2-1227.1D-13.63^2=0 My problem is how to solve for D, I...

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