Abstract

The need for soils data in the site selection, design, construction and maintenance of any major structure is generally appreciated by the engineer. The "rule of thumb" methods often used in developing smaller structures can prove unsatisfactory, or even disastrous, when applied to larger projects.

Report Date

1-1-1958

Report Number

No. 131

Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1958.131

Notes

A report prepared for presentation to the 37th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, January, 1958.

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