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Consolidation
The process of consolidation and settlement. The basic consolidation process and terminology; One-dimensional consolidation ...
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Basic mechanics of soils
Basic mechanics of soils. Analysis of stress and strain; Strength ... For analysis of test data, and to develop soil mechanics theories, it is usual to ...
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Compaction
Dry density and air-voids content. A fully saturated soil has zero air content. .... value (MCV) is give by the intercept of this line and a special scale ...
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Compaction
Curves for different air-voids contents can be added to the rd / w plot using ... at a water content of 12%, with air-voids contents of zero, 5% and 10%. ...
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Bearing capacity
Settlements on stiff clay may be quite large even though ultimate bearing capacity is relatively high, and so it may be appropriate to use a factor nearer ...
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Bearing capacity
The ultimate bearing capacity of a foundation is calculated from an equation that incorporates appropriate soil parameters (e.g. shear strength, unit ...
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Soil classification
A classification for engineering purposes should be based mainly on mechanical properties, e.g. permeability, stiffness, strength. The class to which a soil ...
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Specification by Period
Lead pipework. No electrical installations but most houses had a piped supply (lead ... Combined mains drainage, rigid-jointed salt glazed clay pipes, ...
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The Annual Bristol Planning Law and Policy Conference
It takes approximately 30 mins at 110 Watts (i.e. 0.055 KWh of energy) to print 3125 sheets of A4 paper (source: JAMJAR prints). ...
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Modern Central Heating
Electric heating of domestic properties can be divided into two categories. Firstly systems that use a central heating unit distributing heat around the ...
