I am a Geotech Engineer and have become invloved in the design of a hammer impact unit.
We need to build a mechnanical device that will push a rod horizonatlly and hit a
plate horizontally. The striker rod will be activated by a switch and upon activation it will shoot out and strike an anvil...
Many times in the past our company has performed vibration monitoring for buildings close to pile driving operations.
Most often we are out on site on behalf of the pile driving company in order to provide documentation in case adjacent building owners pursue a damage claim.
For monitoring...
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I had a rather heated debate with a home owner the other day regarding the performance of his perimeter drain tile system for his house. He was most upset with the performance and wanted to know why the drain tile system only seemed to work for about 7 to 9 years. I told him that...
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I was wondering if someone could recommend a good text or publication for designing with dynamic compaction. Specifically, I was looking for some case histories or design guidelines for the drop height, weight and spacing.
I am aware of some of the problems such as those associated...
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I would appreciate some feed back regarding what testing procedure you would use for determining the soil strength and OCR for a soft silt/clay.
Personally, I have had good experiences using the NKt procedure and the electric cone. Schmertman's procedure using a (Su/overburden...
