I am designing a temporary retaining wall consisting of steel soldier piles and wood lagging. The wall will have to be removed, so I am planning to set the steel piles in drilled holes about 16 feet bgs and then backfill the holes around the piles with class 2 base rock. To remove the piles, I...
Let's say you have a soil sample taken from a 10-foot thick clay layer and the lab results give a 4% swell on the sample. How do you predict the soil uplift pressure in the field if all you are given is the percent swell of the sample?
In a situation where you know you are going to have rapid drawdown, say an earth dam. What do you think is the best way to avoid a slope failure due to excess pore pressure within the embankment?
