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q what do you mean by base fixitybase fixity when structures such as portal frames are associated to the base foundation engineers have to determine
addition of water to bored piles in water bearing ground some water head about 1 m above the existing ground water table is sustained to stabilize
q application of bitumen to driven pilesin a certain area of h-piles subjected to ground water table fluctuation painting is occasionally applied on
q a pipe or groups of bars be adopted as load carrying element of min-pilesthe design of mini-piles someway differs from other traditional pile types
vibrocoring in marine ground investigation if only shallow marine ground geotechnical information is essential for design purpose vibrocoring is
the morison equation vs diffraction analysis in determining wave force on pilesthe choice between morisons equation and diffraction analysis in
soil plug in marine piling system of steel tubular pile with reinforced concrete infill at the time of initial driving process open-ended steel piles
q shoes of prefabricated drainsshoes are generally installed in prefabricated drains for the below i it avoids the entry of soils in the mandrel
q show the silt curtain touching seabedsilt curtains are impermeable vertical barriers extending from seawater surface to their designed depths
reasons of common occurrence of inadequate pile founding level in piles of piers the most severe load on piers usually is the horizontal load owing
in reclamation involving large volumes of fill and tight programme shall engineers use marine fill or mud extracted from land borrow area as filling
immersed tube method for underwater crossing includes the following basic construction stepsi prefabricating long tunnel units concrete orsteel
q diffrence between hudsons and van der meer formulahudsons formula is usually adopted in preliminary design to attain rough initial estimate of rock
function of reinforced concrete infill in marine piling system of steel tubular pile with reinforced concrete infill reinforced concrete is designed
q factors determining the stability of a single armour unit there are mostly three major factors that govern the stability of an armour unit viz
q direction of approaching velocities of ships during berthingone of the key effects of angle of approaching velocities of ships is its influence of
q water control for sheet pile wallsground water flow into excavations constructed by sheet pile walls must be minimized in order to save the cost of
q sand cone test ndash suitable for all soilssand cone replacement test is generally carried out to determine the in-situ and compacted density of
q diffrence between rowe cell and oedometer apparatusthe benefits of using rowe cell over oedometer apparatus are i it possesses control
rock reinforcement - how it works for rocks with widespread fractures individual blocks resulting from these fractures can fall out and as a result
pressure distribution under rigid and flexible footings for rigid and thick footings pressure distribution under the footings is generally presumed
q what do you mean by piston samplerin sampling silts orclays piston sampler is lowered into boreholes and piston is locked at bottom of the sampler
landslides induced by rainfall after rainfall groundwater pressure is built up and this elevates ground water table water inside the pores of soil
q kicker of reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls located at the position of largest moment and shear force - why generally for reinforced
q show the grout curtain around excavationwhen excavation work is performed in grounds with highly permeable soils other than installation of well