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  2. Soil mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid mechanics in the sense that soils consist of a heterogeneous mixture of fluids (usually air and water) and particles (usually clay , silt , sand , and gravel ) but soil may also contain organic solids ...

  3. Arthur Casagrande - Wikipedia

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    The successful soil mechanics and foundation engineering programme at Harvard was hence often credited to Casagrande, and its particular emphasis on laboratory courses and seepage being an integral part of the curriculum would later form the basis of similar courses around the world.

  4. Seep (hydrology) - Wikipedia

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    Seep is often used in environmental sciences to define an exfiltration zone (seepage zone) where contaminated water, e.g., from waste dumps, leaves a waste system area. Seeps are often important smaller wildlife water sources, and indicated by lower riparian vegetation.

  5. Effective stress - Wikipedia

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    Using our spheres as a model, this is the same as injecting (or withdrawing) water between the spheres. If water is being injected, the seepage force acts to separate the spheres and reduces the effective stress. Thus, the soil mass becomes weaker. If water is being withdrawn, the spheres are forced together and the effective stress increases. [11]

  6. Flow net - Wikipedia

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    Construction of a flow net is often used for solving groundwater flow problems where the geometry makes analytical solutions impractical. The method is often used in civil engineering, hydrogeology or soil mechanics as a first check for problems of flow under hydraulic structures like dams or sheet pile walls. As such, a grid obtained by ...

  7. Rankine Lecture - Wikipedia

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    Control of seepage through foundations and abutments of dams [3] 11(3) 161-181 Harvard University: 2 1962 L. F. Cooling: Field measurements in soil mechanics [4] 12(2) 77-103 Building Research Establishment: 3 1963 A. Mayer: Recent work in rock mechanics [5] 13(2) 99-118 4 1964 A. W. Skempton: Long-term stability of clay slopes [6] 14(2) 77-101 ...

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  9. SEEP2D - Wikipedia

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    SEEP2D is a 2D seepage analysis program written by Dr. Fred Tracy of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The program is used to analyze water seepage, typically through dams and levees or under sheet piles. "The model is internationally known in the engineering community as a model for complicated seepage analysis of dams and levees."