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Rules of thumb in geotechnical engineering.

John Atkinson

In the proceedings of: GEO2010 Calgary: 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian Permafrost Conference

Session: M3-B

ABSTRACT: Ground engineers routinely use simple relationships - rules of thumb Πto obtain soil parameters and to design ground works. Some of these have a sound theoretical basis and can be applied generally while some are purely empirical and so should be applied only within the limits of the observations used to derive them in the first place. A classification for rules of thumb was suggested by Wroth (1984) and this has been used to examine the theoretical basis Πor lack of it Πfor some of the more common empirical rules in geotechnical engineering.

RÉSUMÉ: Techniciens au sol utilisent couramment des relations simples - des règles de pouce - pour obtenir des paramètres des sols et de concevoir des travaux de terrassement. Certaines d'entre elles ont une base théorique solide et peut être d'application générale alors que certains sont purement empirique et devrait donc être appliquée que dans les limites des observations utilisées pour les calculer en premier lieu. Une classification des règles de pouce a été suggéré par Wroth (1984), ce qui a été utilisée pour examiner le fondement théorique - ou leur absence - pour certaines des règles les plus communes empirique en génie géotechnique.

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John Atkinson (2010) Rules of thumb in geotechnical engineering. in GEO2010. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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