Abstract: A database of some 300 case histories of wall and ground movements due to deep excavations worldwide is presented. Although recognizing the weakness in the approach, a large database is used to examine general trends and ...

Abstract: A significant challenge for engineers working with peat is the estimation of the undrained shear strength (su). This is particularly the case for shallow, slightly overconsolidated peats found on natural hillsides and at ...

Abstract: This paper presents results of testing good-quality piston tube samples and parallel block samples from three silt sites in Ireland and Norway. Theoretical work and laboratory strain damage tests suggest that good-quality ...

Abstract: A database of shear-wave velocity (Vs) measurements using a variety of techniques and soil properties measured on high-quality samples for 28 Norwegian sites has been established. The purpose was to evaluate the different ...

Abstract: It is well accepted that the quality of soft clay samples obtained using standard fixed piston samplers can be relatively poor and that block samples are necessary to yield very high quality samples. However, for many ...

Abstract: The in situ earth pressure coefficient at rest (K0) for clay has been widely discussed in the literature. In engineering practice, the empirical relationships between K0, the overconsolidation ratio (OCR), and the normally ...

Abstract: An extensive database consisting of measurements of ground movements and pore pressures from 48 deep excavations is presented. The ground conditions for all cases are soft, normally consolidated clays, often underlain by ...