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  1. Gregoir

    Determining critical gradient

    Hello, I am working on a project where we are looking to construct a dam with rockfill shell over normally consolidated silty clay material. Preliminary seepage modeling indicates locations have hydraulic gradients up to 0.4-0.45, however we were looking to have all values below 0.3. Is...
  2. Gregoir

    Undrained shear strength from vane data versus cone data

    I was reviewing some data from a recent site investigation program and noticed that the calculated undrained shear strength for our lakebed sediment is giving us values 10-20x the readings of our vane data from the same unit. We have completed 15 holes and have found the same results at various...

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