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Title:

ACCEPTANCE SPECIFICATION OF COMPACTED SOILS

Accession Number:

00215665

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309021693

Abstract:

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FAILURE PROBABILITY OF LINEAR ELASTIC HETEROGENEOUS EMBANKMENTS IS REPORTED, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR INCORPORATING THOSE RESULTS INTO ACCEPTANCE SPECIFICATIONS. FAILURE IS DEFINED IN TERMS OF DEFORMATIONS. UNCERTAINTIES IN THE SOIL STIFFNESS INCLUDE THE SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY AND THE UNCERTAINTY RESULTING FROM LIMITED SAMPLING DURING THE INSPECTION PROCESS. THE RESULTS GIVE A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF THE FAILURE PROBABILITY AS INFLUENCED BY THE EMBANKMENT HEIGHT AND SLOPE ANGLE, THE SLOPE GEOMETRY, THE MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE SOIL STIFFNESS, POISSON'S RATIO, THE NUMBER OF SAMPLES TAKEN DURING THE INSPECTION, AND THE MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE MEASUREMENTS TAKEN DURING THE INSPECTION. A HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF THE RESULTS, WHICH CAN BE TABULATED FOR EASY FIELD USE. THE INFLUENCE OF NEGLECTING THE SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY OF THE SOIL PROPERTIES IN ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

01418572

Authors:

Kraft Jr, Leland M
Yeung, Jimmy Yew-Hang

Pagination:

pp 21-33

Publication Date:

1973

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 438
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26

ISBN:

0309021693

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (11) ; References (18) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Soil properties

Subject Areas:

Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 22 1973 12:00AM

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