Historical Development of Civil Engineering in Soft Clay

Flodin, N; Broms, Bengt B.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-41784-8.50004-6

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“…SWEDEN 1900SWEDEN -1930 The tortuous story of earth pressure and retaining wall design in the nineteenth century gives no hint of the rapid progress to be made in Sweden in the early twentieth century, which can be regarded as the birthplace of geotechnical engineering. For the first time, rational solutions were found to a number of geotechnical problems, and great advances were made in the understanding of soil properties and testing of soils (Petterson, 1955;Bjerrum & Flodin, 1960;Flodin & Broms, 1981). Close links with Germany and the development of international conferences meant that the obscurity of Scandinavian languages proved no barrier to dissemination, in central Europe at least.…”

Section: Earth Pressure and Retaining Wall Design 1700-1940mentioning

confidence: 98%

Geotechnical publications before Géotechnique

Chrimes¹

2008

Géotechnique

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Geotechnical engineering emerged as a recognised engineering discipline in the late 1930s. This paper reviews its development over the previous 200 years by examining the nature and shortcomings of the literature of geotechnics, and analysing trends. It looks at the nature of exchange of information in the period, and barriers to effective advancement in the subject before 1948. The absence of an effective international journal in the field before Géotechnique is revealed.

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Section: Earth Pressure and Retaining Wall Design 1700-1940mentioning

confidence: 98%

Geotechnical publications before Géotechnique

Chrimes¹

2008

Géotechnique

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“…He was deeply involved since the initiation in 1953 with the international classification system for geotechnical literature. He is the co-author of "A History of Civil Engineering in Soft Clay" (Flodin and Broms 1981). Nils Flodin's contributions to the Swedish Geotechnical Society were extraordinary.…”

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Early Swedish Contributions to Geotechnical Engineering

Massarsch¹,

Fellenius²

2012

Full-Scale Testing and Foundation Design

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Geotechnical engineering in Sweden has a long tradition due to the presence of soft and sensitive clay deposits along lake and sea shores, where most settlements were established. As the country increasingly took on the difficult tasks of constructing harbors, canals, and foundations for roads and railways, novel foundation concepts had to be developed. The establishing of an interdisciplinary "Geotechnical Commission" in 1914 consisting of geologists and civil engineers with the task to study landslides and slope failures laid the foundation for modern geotechnical field and laboratory testing methods and began the key role of geotechnical engineering in Swedish civil engineering. A very important aspect is the spirit of close cooperation between practitioners, engineers, and scientists, manifested in the Swedish Geotechnical Institute and the Swedish Pile Commission. The Swedish geotechnical practice has a long history of important accomplishments by individual engineers. A few notable contributions to geotechnical engineering by Swedish engineers and scientists from the early stages of civil engineering around 1600 until about 1960 are listed in the paper. The contributions encompass mining, canals, railways, harbors, foundations, earth retaining structures, dams, slope stability, and information systems.

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“…Parmi les travaux des anciens, le célèbre essai de Coulomb de 1773 a été reproduit et traduit en anglais avec une discussion très approfondie par Hayman (1972); l'ouvrage de Collin sur les glissements des sols argileux a été traduit (Shriever, 1956) avec un commentaire biographique et analytique par moimême; Rowe (1969) a rendu compte des essais d'Osborne Reynolds sur la dilatance et le traité de Boussinesq de 1885 a été réimprimé en 1969 avec une préface de Caquot. Kérisel a fait en 1956 une excellente récapitulation des travaux français anciens, Feld a donné en 1921 un résumé des essais de pressions de terrain, tandis que Flodin et Broms (1977) ont rassemblé des renseignements sur l'histoire des problèmes géotechniques dans les argiles molles. Quant à l'aspect pratique de ces questions, des études excellentes ont été publiées par Peck (1948) sur les fondations d'immeubles à Chicago, par Glossop (1960Glossop ( , 1961 sur les injections, en 1976 sur l'emploi de l'air comprimé dans la construction des tunnels et des puits.…”

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Les premiers temps de la mécanique des sols

Skempton

1981

Rev. Fr. Geotech.

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Historical Development of Civil Engineering in Soft Clay

Cited by 15 publications

References 96 publications

Geotechnical publications before Géotechnique

Geotechnical publications before Géotechnique

Early Swedish Contributions to Geotechnical Engineering

Les premiers temps de la mécanique des sols

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