Sentence examples for cohesive ground from inspiring English sources

Geosynthetic Encased Sand Columns (GEC) have been frequently adopted in geo-engineering practice to improve bearing capacity, reduce settlements and accelerate consolidation in saturated soft cohesive ground (e.g. Alexiew et al, 2005; Alexiew et al., 2012; Raithel et al, 2005).

Cases of shallow cavities of circular shape in saturated cohesive ground with a water surface at or above the ground surface, and limiting conditions of flooded and dry openings are considered.

This paper addresses the problem of assessing the stability conditions of shallow excavations of circular shape, namely circular sections of long cylindrical tunnels or spherical cavities, in purely cohesive ground by means of a scalar factor of safety as it is traditionally done for the case of slopes in the practice of geotechnical engineering.

A three-dimensional finite element simulation model, which includes all relevant shield tunnelling components and allows for the modelling of the step-by-step construction process of the tunnel advance is used to analyse the influence of TBM operation parameters and design parameters for a shallow tunnel advance in homogeneous, soft, cohesive soil below the ground water table.

This area is characterized by active volcano and soft ground composed of volcanic cohesive soil.

Mr. Penn's shift — he will continue to do some polling — is the latest upheaval in a campaign that has seen its manager replaced, faced critical money shortages and has often lagged behind Senator Barack Obama of Illinois in a cohesive message and ground strategy.

The song rumbles and clatters along in its barely cohesive way, just about grounded by Bruce Smith's extraordinary drumming and a taut bassline that shakes the floor.

In some cases, electrostatic charges and amorphous domains on the particle surface induced by the milling process, render the ground material both cohesive and adhesive.

Visits to two widely separated active fronts where the Kurds are pushing back against IS show that a combination of Western air power and motivated, cohesive local forces on the ground can turn the tide against the militants.

That's the template the Americans and their allies want to apply to other parts of Iraq, and Syria, but the situation in both countries is complicated by the absence of clear-cut, cohesive local forces on the ground to work with.

In addition, the West faces the reality that the moderate opposition elements it has been trying to boost have proven neither cohesive, credible nor effective on the ground.