I am going to take the October California Geotechnical Exam (not the PE exam). Can someone give me some suggestions on how to prepare for this exam? Thanks.
I need to deal with a swamp area in a roadway project. The swamp area is about 100 feet long along the center line of the proposed road. The groundwater is near surface. A test pit performed in this area found about 7 to 8 feet of dark gray, very soft/loose alluvial soils (ML/SM) with trace...
Drilled piers will be installed near a new MSE wall. I know how to analyze the additional horizantal stress on the wall caused by the weight of the installation equipment. But how to analyze the influence (installation process, vibration) of the piers on the wall? What's the typical spacing...