Morning all,
I have an underground tank we are looking at for rehabilitation. I am concerned about uplift due to buoyancy from a relatively high water table. With the all of the gravity/self weights, I am coming up shy on balancing the uplift forces. I was considering taking into account the...
I am not sure if my thread was deleted, but I was inquiring about torpedo sand. Why is it called that? And what are the general definitions that would define a torpedo sand?
Had a few questions on interpreting pore water pressures from VW piezometers installed in clay used for embankment construction - we are planning a staged embankment. Thought I ask the crowd.
1. If there is no activity in the area of an installed piezometer, will the pore pressure vary with...
Afternoon,
We are looking to dewater an old defunct canal for the purpose of backfilling the canal with fill materials (mostly clays). I've searched for existing plans of the sheet piles walls with no luck. However, many of the walls were built in the early to mid-1900's and are a mix of...
I had a good one come across my desk and I can’t find any articles, papers, etc regarding a similar issue so I figured I would ask this group. During painting of a bridge, the guys in the field came across some pack rust between the lower girder flange and the splice plates. The pack rust...
