Thanks guys. I thought I was sort of grasping at straws taking into account for soil friction/skin friction, but figured it is a reality. I figured it would act like a drilled shaft and have some resistance. I ran through some computations and I am still pretty far away from being balanced...
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?
Thanks for the responses!
aeoliantexan - My question #4 is hypothetical and might not be possible under normal conditions. For a wick drain to function, one would assume the pore pressure would be great enough to push the draining water through the drain (assuming the drainage path was...
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...
Thanks for the reply. Yes we had thought about a system like the one you show, however the owner is very adamant about staying out of the contractor's means and methods.
One of the concerns I had with this method was punching new holes in the tension flange and what I would do with them after...
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...
