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SOIL BIIECHANICS LITERATURE PUBLISHED

CANADA

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arch area ashlar attic rn batten bay 0 bearing bevel boar -e brick building

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bulkhead rn bungalow caisson causeway ceiling

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cellar cement rn ceramic chimne~

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tion interio b rn j t rn knot rn hminated 'ng ullion or' tion paint rn panel parapet partition pediment

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pier pigment pitch plan rn plaster plumbing plywood prefabricated rn quoins rn rafter reinforced reveal roof * sand

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sheathing

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specification

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tress vermiculite rn wallboard weathering window rn wire wood

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This BSblPography was orfgfnally prepared TOP

the Associate C o m f t t e e on So91 and Snow Nechanfes of t h e National Research Councflo It fncludes Canadzan references a s well a s those whfch a r e of general I n t e r e s t and wldely a v a f l a b l e , The

m a t e r i a l Included was taken from c u r r e n t l i t e r a t u r e from January

1951

t o Aug~zst

19S20

This publication is one of a s e r i e s being produced by t h e Division of Building Research of the National Research Council a s a contribution toward b e t t e r build-

ing i n Canada. It may therefore be reproduced, without amendment provided only t h a t the Division is advised i n advance and t h a t f u l l and due acknowledgment of t h i s publication i s always made.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOIL PBCWICS LITERATURE

PrJBLISHeD DURING 1951

AND

1952 Acum, W,

Eo

do and Lo Fox

Computatfon o f l o a d s t r e s ~ e ~ i n a t h r e e - l a y e r e l a s t i c system.

( I n C36oteehnfque, v02,

4.4,

Dec, 19519 p o 293-300)

F o m u l a e ape gf ven f o r t h e h o r f z o n t a l and v e r t f cal

s t r e s s components, and t h e r e s u l t s a r e p r e s e n t e d f n t a b u l a r f o m , R e s u l t s a r e g i v e n f o r a wide range of p a r m e t e p s u s i n g B u m n i s t e r ¶ s method of eomputatf on, Aldrfch, B, Po Importance o f t h e n e t l o a d t o t h e s e t t l e m e n t o f b u f l d f n g s f i Boston, ( I n Boston S o c i e t y of C i v i l E n g i n e e ~ s , J o u r n a l v.39, n.2, A p r i l , 1952. p. 166-190)

A s t u d y of" s e v e r a l b u f l d f n g s founded on Boston c l a y , a t a e s s h g %he fmportanee o f f l o a t f n g f o u n d a t f ons,

A l l f n , R u s s e l l

V,

The ~ e s f s t a n e e of p i l e s t o g e n e t r a t f o n ; 2d ed. London,

E.

and F a No S p ~ n , 1951, 3126 p o

A shop6 book d e a l i n g w i t h t h e Hiley PfPe D r f v f i g F o r n u l a , I n o l u d a s many desfgn t a b l e s based on p e n e t ~ a t f o n r e s f s t a n c e and t h e Hfley F o m a a ,

A m e ~ Q ~ a n

S o e f e t y of C i v i l Engineera, C o m f t t e e on Masonry Dams

1951,

SuboolPnnfttee

on

U p l i f t i n Masonry Dams

UpHff"$ f i Masonry D ~ s , F i n d r e p o r t , American SoefeLy o f G f v f l Engfne@aso Prooeedfngs,

v078

s e p a r a t e

~1,133,

19529

35

pe

A d f g e s t of i n f o r m a t i o n and p r a c t f e e t o a i d t h e deaf gner in a m f vfng a t adequate asaumptf ons. It f s s t r e s s e d t h a t t h e r e p o r t f s by no means t h e f f n a l s o l u t i o n Lo t h f s p ~ o b l e m ,

The author deals wf eh t h e change i n seepage condf tfans when

an

a r e a Bs dewa%e~ed by well.

pofn$s

~ P o m

to

am

open body of water, Ghwtss

are presented by wMch the rate of pu~llpfng whfeh

w i l l be

~ g q u f m d

e m be esttmated, md the ohtinge

f n pa$@ sf ppampflng as the draw down pmgresses

atan be oaleula$eBo

B P B E ~ ~ O Z B ,

R o

A,

W d ~ ~ g m a ~ ~ h d s o ~ m s f o n o f p i fng, Amepican SoeSetg of Civil 12 p o

f;

Engfnee~s, Broeeedfngs, vo

7

separate no130, May 1952,

Cladlllng,

Lo

andl So Odenstad

Th6 vanas b e ~ r e ~ ,

An

appa.Pa$us for d e t e m f n b g the 8hew

srtrsngtkh ak clay soils directly

in

the g ~ o u n d , Royal

Swedfsb. Geoteabmfcal Ins%f%u%eo P~oceedfngs, n02, 1950,

87

Po

Canada, Dep

w%menc.&

sf" Agrf o u l t w e

,

P ~ a f p%e Farm Rehabf letateon

Admfnf atraef

on

South Sa&a$cbwam

Rf

ver

Pro Jeoto Bmafte noo POo Beport OP GeologfaaP

Tea$

D ~ $ f " % o Saskatoon, Deaember 1951, 96 p o

A oomple%e Snv@a$%gatfon o f B e m p a w shale t o

a%nady t h e p r s b a b f l f t y of" slStd%aag, the be8rc.t mambs

e l l i n g t h ~ o u g h and the pe~rnanene Ifnfng Is

in

the &ale, and t o d e t e m h e

~elfabfBBty of olass%f%satfon t e a t s as

eua

fndew

to p ~ e p s r t % e a of the shals,

S$udy to d e t s m f a s the effeetfveness of a sheet

p i l e ou%-off w a l l under a damo The conoSusfon

was $ha$

an

upstream blanket was @a% about as% s l f e a t f v e on this sfte as the cu$-off

wallo

Casagrande, A. a d S o Wilson

Report t o Watepways Experiment S t a t f on on t r f axf a3. r e s e a r c h p e r f o m e d d u r b g 1950-1951, C m b r f dge, W s a r d Universf t y , December 1951, 5 0 p . Reps& of e o n t f i u e d r e s e a r c h on c o n s t a n t volume % ~ . % a x % a l t e s t s , % p i axf a1 shear, s t r e n g t h of s e n s f

-

t f v e o r g a n 1 c s f l t c l a y and f n v e s t f g a t f o ~ o f p f s t o n f p f s t f o n and membrane l e a k a g e , R e s u l t s o f

t h e Swedf sh vane b o r e r m e corapa~ed w j t t h t ~ f a x f a l ~ e a p a l t s ~ A e c a s o l f d a & f o n devfce made e n % f r s P y of" g l a s t f o a f s dewmibed,

Casagrmds, Dpo Leo

Elestro-osmotfo s t a b f P f z a t f o n o f s s f l s , ( I n Boston S o o f e t y of 6 f v % l E n g i n e e r s , J o u r n a l o

~ ~ 3 9 ,

n o l s

Jano

19%

~051-83)

T h i s paper i s a summary of t h e authorDs work

on

e8ea%ro-oamosfs, i n whfeh h e d f s a u s s e s t h e t h e o r y

and p l ~ a e L i c a 1 a p p l f o a t f o n s ,

Thfa shop% a ~ % i e P e d e s c r i b e s t h e w f P and sawdust mixture, used a s a eushfon on a h o r s e - r a e f n g

$ra&

fw

Tmonto, Canada,

I$

@ o n s f s t s o f 12 p s ~

cent c l a y

,

30 pep c e n t s i l t ,

55

p e r sent f i n e

sand and

3

_{pep oeat}

a o m s e

_{s m d , A 3-Inch Payer}

of' %hf s maxed F B ~ %h 8 1 a g . e ~ of' heai8s@k sawdust

1

inch. t h f e k h a s gfven good s e r v f e e f o r

5

y e a r s ,

It

was ~ e a o n d i t f o n a e d & t e ~

4

y e a r s w f t h m o t h e r B-inch d r e s s h g sf sawdust,

C h e l l f s , Robert Do

P i l e f o u n d a t i o n s

--

%heory

--

p r a c t f e e

--

degfgn, Mew P01.k~ MoGa~aw-Hf P I ,

B95I9

681

p o

Colatadla@

16

~hap.l;era dfsoussfrmg; d l a s p e c t s of

Glmk,

F,

A,

J, and Eo

M m ,

Sr, A a o n s f d e r a t % o n of p d t f o u n d a t f o n d e s i g n f o r s m a l l d w e l l f n g s f n P f l l e d a r e a s , ( I n I n s t f t u t f o n o f #un%efpal E n g i n e e r s , J o u r n a l o ~ ~ 7 9 , n o 7 , January 1952, p o

441-4551

An approach t o f o u n d a t f o n d e s f g n f o r smaJ.1 d w e l l i n g s on extremely p o o r s o f l , C O P ~ ~ ~ I Q W L , Bo H o

Some modern a s p e c t s of" t t ~ n n e l l f n ( I n Engineeping J o u r n a l , v034. n.9, September 1951, p.

838-52)

Thfs a r t i c l e Is a summary o f ttonnellfng method8

in

s o f t g ~ o m d , b e g f m f n g wfth t h e e a r l y Egyptians and t r a a i n g h i s t o r y through t o t h e p r e s e n t , The author, a Brf t f s h e n g f n e e ~ , df s e u s s e s t u n n e l l f n g

in

l i g h t o f c o n d i t i o n s l i k e l y t o b e met f n t h e

Montrsedk peg5 on,

Cook, GfSbert

Rankine and t h e t h e o r y of e a r t h p r e s s m e . ( I n ~ d o t e c h n i ~ u e . 8029 n o b 9 Dee0 1951, Po -271-279)

6 0 0 1 h g ~ Lo

F a

Some %omda&fon p ~ o b l e m s I n G r e a t B ~ f t a i n , ( I n BuSldSng Researeh Congress, 1951, Dfvfsfon 1, p, 157-164)

Ckoney,

D,

The movemen$ and d i s t ~ f b u $ f o n of watier i n s o i l s o ( I n ~ Q o t s a h r a f q ~ n e , v03, nol, Hmch 1952, p o l - 1 6 )

Thfs m t f e l e d f a s u s s e s t h e fundamental frsetops whfeh g f v e r i s e Ito m f s t u r e movements f n s o f l , Methods m e o u t l i n e d f o r e s t i m a t f n g t h e mofstnre dfastrfbu%%on w f t h d e p t h b e n e a t h impervious

Elgar,

W o

H,

Foundatfons f o r houses and o t h e r small s t r u a t u r e s . London, A r a h f t e e t w a l P r e s s , P9510 92 p .

The a u t h o r d e s e p f b e s t h e method of s a f e f o u n d a t i o n d e s i g n f o r t h e v a r i o u s t y p e s o f s s f l and s u b s o f l e n o o m t e ~ e d i n b u i l d f n g . He d e s c r i b e s t h e b e h a v i o u r and p h y s f e a l p r o p e r t i e s of s u b s o i l s and g i v e s simple methods f o r t e s t i n g them. The book f s w r f t t e n f o r d e s i g n e r s wfth v e q l i m i t e d knowledge of s o i l

m e h a n f es.

Gpaham, J o

The re@onstrPuotfon of C u l v e r t noo

146,

n e a r Ayton, a f t e r

i t s d s s t r u k t f o n by f l o o d f n g f n 1948, The I n s t i % u $ f o n of C i v i l E ~ f n e e r s , Ref b a y E a g i n e e r i n g D i v i s i o n , R'ailwag Paper n o o

42,

1951,

37

p o

A p p l f c a t i o n of e l e c t r o - o s m o s f s t o &y o u t ern

embankment whfeh had been s a t u r a t e d by a f l o o d .

Thfs allowed work t o proceed on t h e r e c o n s t ~ u c t i o n of t h e e u l v e r t , Full d e t a i l s on t h e e l e c t r o -

o s m s i

a

i n s t a l l a t i on are i n c l u d e d .

G r e a t B r i t a i n , DoSoIoRoD Road Research Laboratory

S o i l meahanfes f o r r o a d e n g f n s e r s o London, H o M e S t a t f o n e q Off f e e , 1952,

54.l

p o

T h i s book w a s w r i t t e n by t h e S t a f f of t h e Road ResearPeh L a b o r a t o r y of t h e Dept, of S d . e n t f f f G

and I n d u s t ~ i a l Rseemesh, B r i t a l n , The book f n e l u d e s s e c t i o n s on s o l 1 physfes, eompaetfon, pavement deafgn, s o f l s t a b f l i z a t f on, s t a b f l i %y o f

sr$opes and f o u n d a t f o n s of" r o a d s and prooeduroe f o r ia g r e a t v a r i e t y of so91 t e s t s , It f s w r i t t e n a s

a ~ e i e ~ e n e e book.

G r e a t B r f t a f n , DoSoIoRoD B u i l d i n g Researeh S t a t S o n

The s h o k t b o ~ e d p i l e f oundatfon, Buf l d f n g Research S t a t f on D i g e s t noo

4.2,

Mag 1952,

8

p o

Dsaberibes technique f o~ p l a e f n g shop% p i l e s f o r house f o u n d a t f o n s on s h r i n k a b l e c l a y s .

'I.Iardfn, John

R,

and WfLllf

am

Ho Booth

Lake Miahfgan erosfon atudies, American Society of Cfvfl Engineers, Procee dfngs, v,

78

separate n.115, Feb, 1952, 1 2 Po

Description of t h e e ~ o s i o n problems on Lake Michigan and vmious comectfve methods

re col~mended.

H-dfng, He J o B s m d Ro G ~ O S S ~ P

The Snfluenoe of modern s o i l s t u d i e s on t h e construetfon of foundatfons, ( I n Building Research Congress, 1951, Dfvfsfon 1, p.

3.46-155)

A review of t h e methods of eonstruetfng foundatfons. Includes a descpfptfon of technfques of s e a b f l f - zeatfon of d i f f i c u l t s o i l s by r e c e n t l y developed pPO~eSS88o

Henkel, Do

Ye

and G o Do G i l b e r t

The e f f e c t of the rubber membrane on t h e meatured t r f a x i a l eompressf on s t r e n g t h of clay samples ( I n Geotechnf que, v03, n.1, March 1952, p a 20-29)

Highway Research Bomd

Proast aetfon

in

s o i l s ; a symposfumo Washhgtons Highway Reseamh Board, Speeial Report noo

z9

1952,

385

p o

Hufzfnga,

T o

#,

Applfcatfon of r e s u l t s of deep p e n e t r a t i o n t e s t s t o foundation p i l e s ,

(In

Building Research Congre 1951, Division 1, po 173-179)

D e s ~ r f p t S o n of Duteh method t o determine t h e required leng%h and bearing capaefty

of

a p f l e using a sone penetrometer f o r sofP exploratfon,

H9vorsle

v, M o

Juul

Tfme l a g and s o i l p e m e a b f l i t y f n groundcwater observatfons, U,So Waterways Experiment S t a t i o n , B u l l e t f n n036, Aprf 1 19519 5 0

PQ

R e s u l t s of f u l l s c a l e t e s t s on s o f l p e m e a b f l i t g measurements obtained from pumping t e s t are

Hvorslev,

M e

Juul and R o I, Eauf'man

Torsfon s h e w t e s t s on A t l a n t i c muck8 t h e Panama Canalo

U , S , Watewaya Expertment StaLfon, Teohnf c a l Memorandum noo 3-328, P95X9

70

p o

Jshnaon, A, 'Id,

Fpost a c t i o n I n roads and a i r f i e l d s ; a revfew of l i t e r a t u r e B765-19510 Highway Resemeh Board, S p e e f a l Repopt noo l 9 1952,

287

P O

K$ePPman, W, a d

Yo

LfPgedahl

Device and proeedups f o p loading L e s t s on p i l e s , Royal Swsafah GeoteehnSaal Institute, Proceedings, n o 3 s

1951,

33

Po

A Swedish t e s t l o a d i n g devf e e f

s

deserfbed, Thf

s

devfee 9s mounted on f o u r a d j o i n i n g p i l e s

and a p p l i e s t h e l o a d t o the f f f t h p i l e . F u l l d e t a f l s on t h e d e d c e and d f p e o t i o n s f o r i t s

use a r e fneluded.

Land ~ealeuna%$on a t Sou$ha~rpton

(In

_{C f v f l E n g b e e r f n g and PublSe Works, Review,}

_vo47,

n o

54T0

Janumy 1952, p o

42-45)

DeserJtbes work fnvolved i n l a r g e dredg8ng andl l a n d r e e l m a t i o n s o b m e , Involved s t a b i l i t y

maByser% of' s l o p e s and dtke foundations by the

$4

--

O method,

Laneo

DO A n

The development, sf a meter $0 measure s o f l mof s t u p e and

densfty by use of nuo%ear r a d f a t 1 ona, Saskatchewan Unf v e r s i ty,

FrssUty o f englneerlng, A p r i l 1952,

94

p.

Legget, Robert

I?,

Speef &t, f sunda%f on problems i n Canada, ( I n Building Reseansah Congress,

1951,

Dfvisfon 8 , p, E65-fT3)

Deserfbss %he e f f e c t Canadf an cfimate and geology has on the design of' foundat%ons 9n Canadao

L%nf"feld, Robed$ Po and H o M o P ~ V P O ~

New Orleans hospftal foundations desfepled t o end settlement &rouble0

(rn

Engfneerfng News-Record, vo147, n o l l , September

as,

3951, P O

40-42)

Describes desfgn and constructfon of ~ f g f d f oundatfon on p i l e s on s i t e underlain by sand

and clay l a y e r s ,

Megaw, To

M,

Fomda%f ons a t Poole power s t a t t o n , ( I n ~6otecl.mfque VO 2,

n 0 4 0 Deeo 1951, p o 280-292)

Aetual pressure measurements were made f n s o f t

@Pay and them were compared wf t h loads calculated from the measured shear strength and eohesfon of

the s o f t clayo It f a concluded t h a t equflfb~furin shear strength of the crlay f s a more aceurate basfs f o p caleulatfdn than i s the immedfate she-

strength,

Heye~hgnf, D P ~ Go Go

Building on f i l l wfth speefal referenee t o the settlement of a Pmge f a c t o r y o (In The Structural Engfieer. v029, n02, Tebo 1951, po 46-57)

Ineludes useful data on settlement a d bearing ~ a p a o f t y of f 8 l l e d ground, and f a c t o r s fn deafgn s f a t r u a t u r e s on such materf al,

h y e ~ h ~ f , D p o G o Go

The u l % h a % s bearing capaefty of f ouradationso (In ~ f $ o t e c h n f ~ u e ,

v02,

n04,

D ~ C L 1951, po 301-332)

A new theory of bearfng capacity f s developed

om the basis of pPastf e theory, F i e l d observatfonss are found t o @ompare very favou~aably wfth theom- t f a a l estfmates,

M%.PB~xcJ~ 60 Eo ~ . d L o

PIo

Turk

Fundamentals sf s o i l scsfenee, New Yo&, Jo WfPey, 195P9 5x0 P O

HashD Kevin L1.

The elements of s o i l meehanfcs In theory and p r a c t i c e o Londong Constable, 1951, 112 po

A

record of f o w l e c t u r e s delfvered a t Kinggs

CoIl.ege, London, The author gfves a brfef survey

o f the theory and practfce

of

t h f s subgeet from

i t s beginnings up t o t h e present, There are ~ e f e r s n c e s t o r e l e vant I f t e r a t u r e ,

Bees, L o A,

Bile foundations f o r large towers on permafrost, American Seefety of Cf v f l Engfneers, Proceedfngs, vo7 separate

goBOa, N O V O 19510 10 po

Qdenstad, Sten

The l a n d s l i d e a t sk8ttorp on the Lidan River. Ro el Swedish Geoteehnical I n s t i t u t e . Proceedfngs, n0kr 19518 p o

Very d e t a i l e d analysis of a recent landslide i n Sweden, An excellent reference f o r t h f s type of wo PIC

O s t e ~ b e r g , J, 0 ,

Mew pfaton-&me s o f l samplero ( I n En fneertng Hews-Record,

v.148~

n.17D April 24. 195& P O 77-78)

A deserfptfon of a hydraulf e sample^ whfeh p e m f % s the takfng of large dfameter tube

eamples wfth hand equipment.,

P e t @ ~ s o n ~ Bo

S o f l s t u d i e s on Wes%em Cmada dam-bullding projects.

(In

Roads and Engineering Construction, v.90, n.8, August

1992, p, 100-102, 134-140)

This repopt 1s taken from t h e Natfonal Research Gounef l f s recently publf shed Proceedings of t h e F i f t h (1952) Canadian S o i l Weehanfes Conference.

I P f c h g ~ ~ Ro Ha

Progress r e p o r t on road and concrete aggregate i n p a r t s

of Q n t m f s end Quebee , Canada, Department of Mfnes and Teehnfeal Surveys, Mines branch, Report no, 101, May 1951,

35

Po P

Report on tests conducted on aggregates from southern Ontario and Quebec by the Dept, of Mines and Teehnioal Surveys, The aggregates were t e s t e d t o determfne t h e f r d w a b f l f t y f o r concrete and road aggregate.

P O E Q ~ P , 0 , J o m d Lo U r q u h ~ t

Sand d ~ a i n s expedf t e d s t a b f l f z a t ion of marsh see tfon,

( I n 6fvi.B Engfneerfng;, v022, n01, January 1952, P O 5x-60)

WOW@, P a A o

Pemanent dykes now p r o t e o t Wfnnfpeg a r e a , ( I n Engineering garad Contract Record, v065,

no3#

Maroh 1952, P O 68-72)

]WOW@, B ~ $ @ $ B W P Z P % ~ P

Ugsbeored s h e e t - p i l e w a l l s r , ( I n I n s t i t u t i o n of C i v i l E n g h e e r a , Proceedings, P a r t 1, v01, n , l , Jan. 1952, po 27-7oo Paper no, 5788)

De~claibesr experfments w i t h model sheet pf l e petafning walls i n cshesfonlesa s o f l s under v a r i o u s eondftfona o f loading m d anehorage,

Bfmonds, A , Bdm~en

Final, foundatton treatment a t Hoover D m o Amrfcan S o e e e t ~ of 6%vf31 Engfneeps, Proeesdfngs, vo?7 separate n0109,

Deaember 1951, 22 p,

Deae~pllptfon of" the grouting of t h e foundatfon of the Hoover D m o The e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f the grouting fe dfaeusssd f n l f g h t o f t h e performanee of t h e dam efnee eornpletfon,

Skempton, A .

W e

The bear- c a p a c i t y of c l a y s , ( I n Building Research Congress, 1951, Dfviaion 1, p, 180-1891

Author p r e s e n t s hAs own t h e o r e t i c a l a n a l y s i s of problem of b e a r i n g capacfty, and d i s c u s s e s

i t

fi

l i g h t o f p r a c t i c a l experience,

Skemptow, A, W o and

R, D,

Northey

The s e n s i t i v i t y of @ l a y s , ( I n ~ 6 o t e e h n i ~ u e , v.3, n , l , Mm~h 1952, P O 30-52) D e a l s w i t h t h e l a o t o r s whf ch may c o n t r i b u t e t o the s e n s i t i v i t y o f c e r t a i n c l a y s from a f f e r e n t p a r t s o f t h e W O P ~ ~ . Sloarae,

R,

Lo

SetkPement analysf

a

f o r high f i l l s on c o m p ~ e s s % b l e f o u n d a t i o n a o i l s , ( I n Roads and S t r e e t s , v,95, no2,

Fsb~uarqy 1952, p. 53-60)

Applieatfon of t h e t h e o r y of c o n s o l i d a t i o n t o t h e p r e d i c t i o n of s e t t l e m e n t of f i l l s , The a u t h o r g i v e s a numerisal example of t h e e a l e u l a t f ons.

Sowers, G e o ~ g e B, and George Fo Sowers

I n % ~ o d u a t o ~ y glofl meehanfes and foundatfons, New Yopk, MaeMfllm, B9510

284

p o

spt~@.elta$ M o G o

Soil e n g i n e e r i n g , Scranton, I n t e r n a t i o n u Textbook, 1951,

458

P o

-

A good elementary t e x t whfeh covers some s u b j e c t s whfeh are normally o m i t t e d i n many t e x t s , P r a c t f -

e a l examples a r e few b u t t h e t e x t f s adequate f o r most f f e l d work and undergraduate s t u d f es,

Spangler,

M,

Go

The supportfng s t r e n g t h of r i g i d pipe culverts, Iowa S t a t e College of Agriculture and Mechanic A r t s . Bulletin no. 112, 1952, 100 P O

aontains a short reference on the f r f e t i o n tape ( o r f r i c t i o n ribbon) method, by whltch a contaet pressure is determhed by means of the p u l l required t o draw the rfbbons t o one side, then t o the other.

Stenger,

Po

Biblfography of pre ssure grouting, 1891-1951, U . S , Bureau of Reclamation, Technf caP Bibliography no,

214,

1951, 101 Po

Terzaghi, Karl von

Building foundations f n theory and p r a c t i c e , ( I n Building Research Congress, 19519 DivSsion 1, po 139-146)

A descrfptfve note on the r o l e of foundations f o r bufldfngs i n which a11 types of foundations are d i ~ CUSS^ d o

Terzaghi, Earl von and FOE, Richapt, JP,

Stresses i n rock about c a v i t f e s , ( I n ~ Q o t e c h n i ~ u e , v.3,

no

2, June 1952, p o 57-90)

A dfscussion on the influence of the shape of c a v i t i e s , such a9 tunnels o r spherofdal chambers, have

on

the s t a t e of s t r e s s f n the surrounding rock. The mathematfoal methods of computing s t r e s s e s are included f n an appendfx.

Tompkin,

J,

Mo and S,

H,

B r i t t

Landslides: a selected annotated bib1 iography* Highway Research Board, Bibliography no, 10, 1951,

53

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Tresfdder,

J,

0,

A n i n v e s t i g a t i o n of subsoil conditions a t a s i t e of proposed reconstruction on A, 90 a t Cowdenbeath, F i f e , Great B r i t a i n , Department of S c i e n t i f i c and I n d u s t r i a l Research. Note

no, ~ ~ / 1 6 5 0 , October 1951,

5

p,

Description of the various a l t e r n a t i v e s f o r

road construction on p e a t ,

Trow, W , A o

F r o s t a c t i o n on small footings; progress r ~ p o r t no, 23

Ontario, Hydro-Ele c t r f e Power Conmf s s i o n Research divf sf on, Report no, 52-3569 April 1952, 21 p o

Although no p e r f e c t s o l u t i o n was found f o r t h i s common problem, t h r e e generally accepted rernedi e s were t r f e d i n the f f e l d with various s u r p r i s f n g r e s u l t s , Work i s contfnuing,

Tschebotarfoff, G o Po and A. Ao DePhflippe

Tensf l e s t r e n g t h of disturbed and recompacted sof l s , Princeton, Princeton Universf t y , Department o f Cf v f l Engineering, March

15,

1952,

85

p o

DescriptPon of t e n s i l e apparatus and t e s t s on

compacted sand-clay mixtures t o f i n d the e f f e c t of c o b sf ono

U,S, Bureau of Reclamation

E a r t h manual; a manual on the use of e a r t h materf a l s f o p foundation and construction purposes, Tentative e d i t i o n ,

Denver, June 1951, 332 P O

U , S , Department of the Army, of engf neers* Be ach erosion board

Durabflfty of s t e e l s h e e t p f l i n g f n shore s t r u c t u r e s , Technical Memorandum no, 12, July 1952,

51

p.

Results of a survey conducted by t h e Beach Erosfon Board of e x f s t f n g f n s t a l l a t f o n s .

Walker, Fo C . and

W.

G,

H o l t z

Control of embankment material by laboratory t e s t i n g , Amerfcan Society of' Cfvfl E n g i n e e ~ s , Proceedings, vo77

separate no, 1 0 8 ~ Decernber 19Sls

25

p o

F i e l d c o n t r o l :based modif i sd compaet%on t e s t s p permeability t e s t s , consolidation t e s t s , and

t r i a x i a t e s t s a r e discussed, E f f e c t of moisture conditfons a t the tfme of placing on s t a b i l i t y

i s discussed and i t i s r e l a t e d t o f f e l d c o n t r o l of mofsture,

W f l l f a ~ ~ To Eo Ho

S o f l f a i l u r e during the overturning of p i l e s ,

(In

.Enginee~fng, ~ ~ 1 7 . 3 , n0&88,

1952,

P O 134-1361