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GEOGUIDE 1 GUIDE TO RETAINING WALL ... - HKU Libraries

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5. GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS 37PageNo.5.1 GENERAL 375.2 GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION 375.2.1 Content of Site Investigation 375.2.2 Evaluation of Geotechnical Parameters 385.3 DETERMINATION OF SELECTED VALUES OF DESIGN 39PARAMETERS5.4 UNIT WEIGHT 405.5 SOIL SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS 415.5.1 General 415.5.2 Design Soil Strength Model and Parameters 415.5.3 Compacted Fill 425.5.4 Soils Derived from Insitu Rock Weathering 435.5.5 Colluvium 445.5.6 Granular Sedimentary Soils 445.5.7 Cohesive Sedimentary Soils 455.6 SOIL DEFORMATION PARAMETERS 455.6.1 General 455.6.2 Deformation Parameters for the Linear Elastic 46Continuum Model5.6.3 Deformation Parameters for the Winkler Model 475.7 SOIL PERMEABILITY AND CONSOLIDATION PARAMETERS 505.7.1 Permeability 505.7.2 Coefficient of Consolidation 515.8 ROCK STRENGTH PARAMETERS 515.8.1 Strength of Intact Rock 515.8.2 Shear Strength of Rock Joints 525.8.3 Shear Strength of Rock Mass 525.9 ROCK DEFORMATION PARAMETERS 535.10 ROCK PERMEABILITY 545.11 <strong>WALL</strong> FRICTION AND ADHESION : 545.11.1 General 545.11.2 Wall Friction for Active Earth Pressure 55Calculations

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