Aloha fellow geotechs...
I am an EIT transplant to Hawaii for 18 months. I do not know any other geotechs other than very seasoned professionals. I would like some highly objective opinions on my situation as an EIT.
I started logging after 3 months after spending time in a laboratory running...
Hi all, experienced and new geotechnical engineers...
How does your firm obtain relatively undisturbed soil samples? My current employer seems to have massively outdated equipment in the lab and in the field. I am curious as to what is the most widely used equipment for field sampling at this...
I have a 5.0' retaining wall holding a pool shell. There is 4 feet of water inside the pool. I'm trying to evaluate an acceptable distance from the pool that a trench can be placed to replace a water line. I can easily evaluate the wall with the hydrostatic pressures vs. the lateral pressures...
I have calculated that a particular slope is unstable (under seismic and static conditions based on a 2:1 slope. The soil in question is a well graded sand with silty gravel over an impenetrable bedrock. My soil properties are: unit wt. 100 pcf, cohesion 0 psf, and phi 30 degrees. As this is a...
