Shear strength of fine-grained soils : 6 reports prepared for the 52d Annual Meeting.

During the 1973 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (formerly Highway Research Board) participants in a symposium on shear strength of fine- grained soils during construction discussed the measurement of field strength and other indicative parameters, and how best to use these data t...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Annual Meeting, National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Committee on Soil and Rock Properties
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Highway Research Board, 1973.
Series:Highway research record ; no. 463.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundation failure of New Liskeard embankment / Gerald P. Raymond
  • Landslides in sensitive marine clay in eastern Canada / W.J. Eden, R.J. Mitchell
  • Shear strength increase in a soft foundation clay / Hon-Hsieh Su, Jerry C. Chang, Raymond A. Forsyth
  • Performance of a fill foundation at West Point, New York / W.C. Sherman Jr., C.L. McAnear
  • A method for determining the strength parameters of soils / H.Y. Fang, T.J. Hirst
  • Characteristics of some clay soils from Wisconsin / Gilbert L. Roderick, Jau Scott Jin.