The undrained remoulded shear strength of a clay, sur, is an important parameter in the design of a number of geotechnical applications. In the case of onshore tests the value of sur is generally obtained from vane tests. Recently, cyclic T-bar test...
View ArticleEntablatures, colonnades and “fault-joints” have been found in many excavations of dam foundations, tunnels and quarries in basaltic rocks of southern Brazil, but frequently they were not formally identified as such, and the two first, only rarely. This lack of recognition led many times to misunderstanding of their importance to slo...
View ArticleQuality of compacted fills is essential to the proper functioning of a structure as a whole. Currently, quality control is achieved by testing to determine the deviation of moisture content of recently compacted soil in relation to optimum moisture and degree of compaction reached. Based on the results, deformability, permeability and strength related c...
View ArticleThe characteristics of the subgrade soil, obtained from laboratory and in situ tests, are of fundamental importance to the design of pavements. The tests carried out in the field, such as CBR in situ, Bredboard and others, represent more significantly the conditions of the soil. The Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DC...
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