Predictive Soil Mechanics

By Peter Wroth

Predictive Soil Mechanics
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- Theme report: The key material properties in geotechical engineering need to be measured, instead of being specified - An assessment of seismic tomography for determining ground geometry and stiffnes - The prediction of surface settlement profiles due to tunnelling - Predicting the effect of boundary forces on the behaviour of reinforced soil walls - Settlement predictions for piled foundations from loading tests on single piles - Prediction and performance of ground response due to construction of a deep basement at 60 Victoria Embankment - Predicting earthquake-caused permanent deformations of earth structures - Recollections from the Wroth Memorial Symposium: Predictive Soil Mechanics

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