137A

Geomechanics Abstracts

convergence observations in salt-rock ~m~sses; Convergence

observations in adlts; Convergence observations in under-
ground openings.

General
Properties of rocks
Organisation,history and development
of gaomechanics and soils
Z3~9 See also abstracts: 1411,1495.
MAYO, RS R .S .MAYO ASSOC. LANCASTER, PA,USA
An introduction to fifty years of tunnelllng.2F. 1355
J. CONSTR .DIV.ASCE.VI01, C02, JUNE, 1975, P259-263. JOHNSON, LD WAT~WAYS EXPT STAT.VICKSBURG,MISS.USA
A brief description of the author's experience in survey- SNETHEN,DR WAT~WAYS EXPT STAT.VICKSBURG, MISS.USA
ing tunnelling, drilling a n d o t h e r operations involved Review of expansive soils .Discussi0~% of paper by
in excavating tunnels in the U.S.A. is given. G.J.GrcmLko, J.Geotech.Emgng Div.VI00,GT6 4R.
J .GEOTECH.~GNG DIV.ASCE,VI01,GT2, FEB .1975,P213- 214.
1350
IIAY,DA UNIV.D~W~,COLO.USA 1356
BOIS~,BP T~ICS,D~-VER, COLO.USA DANIEL,AW Q U E ~ ~/~Y CoLL.IONDON,GB
Fifty.yearhigrhllghts of ~ e 1 1 I n g equipmemt.3F,16R. HARVEY,RC Q U E ~ MARY COLL.IONDON, GB
J.CONSTR.DIV.ASCE,VI01,C02,JUNE,1975,P265-280. BURLEY,GB Q U E ~ MARY COLL.LONDON, GB
Stress-strain characteristics of sand.Technical
iB~z note. 2F, 13R •
GRAHAM, JR BUR .RECLAM.D~V]~q, COLO .USA J .GEOTECH. ~ G N G DIV .ASCE .VlO1,GT5, MAY,1975, P508- 512.
LEGAS, J BUR .RECIAM.D~%U~, COLO .USA The stress-straln behaviour of dry granular soils, with
LINDHOLM, FA BUR .RECLAM . D ~ W ~ , COLO .USA particular reference to the unloadlng-reloading charac-
Half-century of USBR arch dam construction°9F,1T. teristics has been studied. The results obtained are
J. CONSTR .DIV .ASCE .VIOl,C02, JUNE, 1975, F281- 298. briefly presented and have not entirely confirmed the
work of previous workers.
Z352
IARKIN, FJ ERAVO CORP.PI~SBURGH, PA.USA 1357
WOOD, S CORPS ~GRS, COLORADO SPRINGS,USA ADACHI, T
Past and future of construction equipment. Part one. OLANO,M
J.CONSTR.DIV.ASCE,VlOI,C02,JUNE,1975,PB09-315. Constitutive equation for normally consolidated clay.36R.
SOILS FOUND.V14, N4, DEC .1974,P55- 74.

Education 1358
SAMUELS,SG DEPT ENVIR .WATFORD,GB
Some properties of the Gault clay from the Ely-Ouse
1353 Essex water tunnel. 13F,9T,23R.
JONES, RH UNIV. NOTTINGHAM, GB GEOTECHN,V25, N2,1975, F239-264.
HODGES,WG PORTSMOUTH POLYTECH. GB Index properties, c o ~ s l t i o n , stress-strain character-
Geotechnlcal subJects in civil engineering under- istics, undrained strength, swelling and compressibility
graduate courses. - Some impressions of an informal properties and in-situ stresses are given for core and
meeting of teachers .IF. block samples of the Gault clay. The data glv~a are ex-
GROUND ~GNG,V8, N4, JULY, 1975, P27- 28. tensive and give a detailed coverage of the geotechnlcal
properties of the stratum up to depths of 90m. The diffi-
culty of taking representative borehole samples at depth
Books is established. Comparisons are made with known properties
of the London clay.

See also abstracts: 1399,1426,1432,1438,1464,1469. 1359

1354
DREYER,W
Rock mechanics in salt formations. In Gern~maoText.
book. 75F, 16T, 129R.
F~DINAND ~ V~IAG, STL~2IDART,1974,205P.
The contents of this book are as follows: Development and
i~0ortance of rock mechanics for salt ~h~ing, a histori-
cal survey: Structure of rock masses - type and import.
ance of salt layers; Tectonics of salt deposits; Geo-
physical exploration; Analysis of strata ~vea~m%ts -
KO~IGS, FF STATE AGRIC .UNIV .WAG~INGEN, NL
Apparent volume and shear strength of consolidated
submerged sediments. 7F,5T,5R.
GEOTECHN,V25, N2, JUNE 1975, P265-278.
The apparent volume, water content and shear strength of
estuarlne sediments vary with depth. The apparent volume
- effective pressure relationship is determined by re-
placing normal load by suction to the water phase.
Shear strength is measured by a shear vane. By interpo-
lation of the pressure-shear strength curve into the pres-
sure-apparent volume curve and thence the apparent volume