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" ... by efficient drainage, one way of making provision to resist the additional pressure which may arise from such saturation is to calculate the requisite thickness of wall, as if the earth were a fluid, making if> (the angle of repose) = fc> in the... "
A Manual of Civil Engineering - Page 412
by William John Macquorn Rankine - 1872 - 784 pages
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The Roorkee treatise on civil engineering in India, Volume 114

Julius George Medley - 1873 - 942 pages
...allowed to expend themselves, or a state of re^t in the strata must bo restored in some other way. When the material at the back of the wall is of a loamy description, and liable to be reduced lo quicksand or mud by saturation with water, and there are no means of preventing such saturation...
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The Bombay university calendar, Volume 1

Bombay city, univ - 1873 - 616 pages
...at the back of the wall being as below: — lit. Retentive of water, like clay? 2nd. Such as to be liable to be reduced to quicksand or mud by saturation with water, there being no means of preventing such saturation by efficient drainage. 8. Give a pencil drawing...
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A Treatise on Engineering Construction: Embracing Discussions of the ...

J. E. Shields - Engineering - 1877 - 172 pages
...must be placed at the back of the retaining wall, between the earth and masonry, to act as a drain. When the material at the back of the wall is of a...thickness of wall, as if the earth were a fluid, making if> (the angle of repose) = fc> in the formulae. LAND TIES FOR RETAINING WALLS. Retaining walls having...
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The Roorkee Treatise on Civil Engineering in India, Volume 1

Arthur Moffatt Lang - Civil engineering - 1878 - 686 pages
...allowed to expend themselves, or a state of rest in the strata must be restored in some other way. When the material at the back of the wall is of a...may arise from such saturation, is to calculate the required thickness of wall, as if the earth were a fluid, making fl = 0 in the formulae. Another way...
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A Treatise on Masonry Construction

Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1889 - 588 pages
...wall to act as a drain. An ordinary drain at the back of the wall is often useful. When the backing is liable to be reduced to quicksand or mud by saturation with water, and when this liability can not be removed by efficient drainage, one way of making provision to resist...
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A Treatise on Masonry Construction

Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1889 - 592 pages
...wall to act as a drain. An ordinary drain at the back of the wall is often useful. When the backing is liable to be reduced to quicksand or mud by saturation with water, and when this liability can not be removed by efficient drainage, one way of making provision to resist...
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A Treatise on Masonry Construction

Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1899 - 660 pages
...quicksand or mud by saturation with water, and when this liability can not be removed by effic ent drainage, one way of making provision to resist the...requisite thickness of wall as if the earth were a fluid. A puddle-wall is sometimes built against the back of dock-walls to keep out the water. The resistance...
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A Treatise on Masonry Construction

Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1909 - 798 pages
...be reduced to quicksand or mud by saturation with water, and when this liability can not be removed by efficient drainage, one way of making provision...saturation is to calculate the requisite thickness of the wall as if the earth were a fluid (see the third paragraph of § 1007). A puddle-wall is sometimes...
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A Treatise on Masonry Construction

Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1909 - 776 pages
...the porous back-filling and the vertical drains are used together. 1030. When the backing is likely to be reduced to quicksand or mud by saturation with water, and when this liability can not be removed by efficient drainage, one way of making provision to resist...
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Engineering Construction - Tunneling, Bridges, and Geodesy for Canals and ...

J. E. Shields - Technology & Engineering - 2002 - 150 pages
...must be placed at the back of the retaining wall, between the earth and masonry, to act as a drain. When the material at the back of the wall is of a...and there are no means of preventing such saturation uy efficient drainage, one way of making provision to resist the additional pressure which may arise...
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