Search for dissertations about: "Dense non-cohesive soil"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Dense non-cohesive soil.

2. 1. Excavation in moraine and dense non-cohesive soil : Numerical analysis of soil behavior

   Author : Mattias Lindgren; Staffan Hinze; Sigurdur Erlingsson; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Excavation; Excavatability; Moraine; Dense non-cohesive soil;

   Abstract : Excavation and moving of soil are common civil work tasks connected to the construction of buildings, roads and railways. In construction projects large amounts of soil have to be handled with different machines, tools and working methods. Soils are more or less difficult to excavate depending on their properties. READ MORE

4. 2. Footing with Settlement-Reducing Piles in Non-Cohesive Soil

   Author : Duc Long Phung; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Although the design concept based on the idea of limiting the settlement of footings by settlement-reducing piles is gaining more and more support, there have been very few experimental studies of the behaviour of piled footings in non-cohesive soil. The influences of the contact between the pile cap and the soil on the capacity and the load-settlement behaviour of a piled footing are considerable but this has not been well understood. READ MORE