Technical Report S.


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Undisturbed Sampling and Cyclic Load Testing of Sands


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Contents: Undisturbed Sampling of Sands; The Sampling Disturbance in Sands: Its Evaluation and Influence on Strength Properties; Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Tube-Sampling on Cyclic Strength Characteristics of Sands; Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Block Sampling on the Cyclic Strength Characteristics of Sands; Undisturbed Sampling of Sands by Freezing and Coring; Influence of the Disturbances caused by Sample Transportation and Sample Handling in the Laboratory on Cyclic Strength Characteristics of Sands; and Conclusions.




Developments in Geotechnical Engineering: from Harvard to New Delhi 1936-1994


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This book reviews the developments that have taken place in the field of geotechnical engineering since the first international conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering was held in Harvard University in 1936 until the January 1994 conference in New Delhi, India.