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Web Sites
APTLY- Alliance of Deep Foundation Testing Professionals
A program description of Alliance of Pile Testing Laboratory Engineers.
Foundation Engineering by Broms
A collection of figures by Prof. Bengt B. Broms to illustrate design, analysis and construction of various foundations.
Scale Calculator
Map Scale Calculator
Stress in the ground
Calculating Stresses in the ground.
Tyler Analytical Test Sieves
Material Testing - Sieving Tool.
Miner's Toolbox
Rock Quality Designation.
Online Geotechnical Calculator
For bored piles and analysis of bearing capacity of raft foundation.
The RMR system
On-line classification of rock masses.
Phase Relationships for Soils
Phase Relationships for Soils.
Pin Foundations: No Excavation Required
Excavation for conventional foundations--even pier foundations--results in significant impact to the immediate environment: severed roots, compaction of surrounding soils, and siltation of area waters.
RetWall
Knowledge-based system to aid decision making in the selection of earth retaining structures. Java applets are used.
Scour of Foundations
The site contains images showing the damage of scour on foundations.
Soil Nails Wall in Moscow
A research project of University of Maine to monitor the frost penetration and water seepage around the wall.
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Technical Articles
Alternative Materials for the Modification and Stabilization of Unstable Subgrade Soils
A Technical report (PDF format file) from National Transportation Library, U.S. DOT.
An improved technique for evaluating the CPT friction ratio
Report published by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Adelaide.
Artificial Intelligence System for Geotechnical Engineering
A research paper by Dr. David Toll, University of Durham, U.K.
Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Design and Analysis of Deep Foundations
A research paper by N. O. Nawari, R. Liang, and J. Nusairat.
Back Analysis for Prediction of the Behavior of Laterally Loaded Single Piles in Sand
A research paper by Byung-Tak Kim and Young-Su Kim.
Below Boston's New Bridge
Foundations for the dramatic new Charles River Bridge in Boston had to straddle an active subway line just 9 ft. below, and squeeze between other underground obstacles.
Deep Compaction of Granular Soils
Presentation by Dr. K. Rainer Massarsch to addresses general requirements of compaction of granular soils with respect to design, execution, monitoring and quality control.
A Consistency Check for Safety Factors
The paper presents a simple method for this and demonstrates it on a number of examples showing that structural safety realized in practice varies considerably.
Evaluation and Remediation of a Slope Supporting Gasoline Tanks
A research paper by Sanjeev Kumar and Vijay K. Puri.
Influence of Eompactive Effort on Earth Pressures around a Box Culvert
A research paper from University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Large-Scale Load Tests and Data Base of Spread Footings on Sand
A research paper (PDF format file).
Predicting the settlement of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils using back-propagation neural networks
Report published by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Adelaide.
Response of Drilled Shaft Foundations in Karst During Construction Loading
Online presentation of a research project.
Soil-Structure Interaction
A paper (PDF format file) investigating the use of FEM on soil-structure analysis.
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