Sentence examples for stiff clay from inspiring English sources

At smaller or greater magnitudes of the modulus of elasticity, the discrepancy between the magnitudes of the bending moments and lateral displacements increase due to adopting different clay stiffness in Abaqus/Cae and LPILE which is always based on a stiff clay definition for the soil.

In the north, the soil ranges from gravel (debris from glaciers) to stiff clay.

A single layer of stiff clay without free water was assumed.

Fatigue life is observed to be governing design criteria for OWT at stiff clay.

The stiff clay permeability estimate is used in the evaluation of the shallow unit.

Moreover, in stiff clay, it was still possible to adjust the tilt from 6.6° to 1.29°.

The soils from Khartoum state comprised alluvial stiff to very stiff clay-silt-sand mixtures.

One set of design graphs were developed for northern Louisiana, where subsurface soils are mainly stiff clays and dense sands.

Appropriate loading rates to be used in drained tests on stiff clays and argillites are also discussed based on a numerical simulation of the isotropic compression test.

Drilled-and-grouted (D&G) piles are normally used in challenging geologies, such as very dense sands, very stiff clays and in calcareous deposits.

The results of this paper indicate that short-term cyclic loading from extreme storm conditions are unlikely to significantly affect natural frequency and permanent accumulated rotation for OWT monopiles in stiff clays, but monopiles in soft clay may experience significant degradation.