Fifteen plate load tests were performed on dry silt (at three different ranges of porosity) using various sizes of model footings. The purpose of these tests was to investigate the compressibility under foundations. After outlining a section of the theory of elasticity, with certain modifications, attempts were made to correlate the experimental results with this theory and to compare them also with previous work carried out in this chapter of soil mechanics. In concluding, recommendations were given as a guide for future research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.111416 |
| Date | January 1958 |
| Creators | Genest, George. L. |
| Contributors | De Stein, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering. (Department of Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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