More art than science, earthwork engineering relied heavily on local custom in 1904 when Karl Terzaghi earned an engineering degree in Austria. After supervising a dam project in Croatia and studying ...

When Karl von Terzaghi applied the effective stress principle in the soil mechanics theory, the strength and volumetric behavior of saturated soils could be clearly understood and general constitutive ...

PROF. KARL VON TERZAGHI delivered the A forty-fifth James Forrest Lecture at the Institution of Civil Engineers on May 2, taking as his subject “Soil Mechanics: a New Chapter in Engineering Science”.

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

Tony Rolfes, a career state soil scientist, will present “Soil: the Forgotten Gift Underfoot” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road in Davis. The talk, ...

THE forty-fifth James Forrest Lecture of the Institution of Civil Engineers was delivered on May 2 by Prof. K. von Terzaghi, who took as his subject “Soil Mechanics: A New Chapter in Engineering ...

The Life-long Learning Free Lecture Series will present “The Hidden Power of Living Soil” by Tom Bartels at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 130 of Nobel Hall at Fort Lewis College. Bartels, an award-winning ...

Application of testing procedures to the evaluation of soil type and engineering properties. Testing for classification, permeability, consolidation, direct and triaxial shear and field parameters.

Although many parts of the world need more affordable housing, a construction boom also brings with it significant greenhouse gas emissions. An architectural firm in Japan is using industrial-scale 3D ...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...