6~A
c a l a~d h c ~ i z o n t a l s t r a i n s i n t h e zone o f f a i l u r e a r e
measured, u s i ~ s o i l a ~ a i n g a g e s , a r ~ t h e che~ge o f
stresses in that zone durimg f a i l ~ is estimated ~ a best fer practical use. Auth.
special s t r m i n - f l ~ test, p e r f c ~ in a triaxial c~ll.
Auth.
6~9
H~,PJ UNIV .MELBOURRE, AUS
Behavio~r of steel piles udder lateral load amd
,~,-ent. 6F, IT, TR.
21~D AUS-N. Z. CONF. GEGMECH, ~ I SBA~, I~75, INS~ •ENGRS,
AUS. NAT. CONF. IW/BL.NO.75/~, Flg0-19~.
This paper contains the results of tests o n two f u l l y
embedded hollow steel piles that had been I n s ~ n t e d
with electric resistam~e M n m l n g a ~ s . Both ~md mmsent
amd lateral loads were applied to these piles, heed dis-
placement, hea~ rotation a~d the d~trlbutlon of he,dAng
s~raina a l o ~ the pile belmg measured. T~e loa~ deflec-
tion b e h a v i ~ was non-linear with s~4~mificant time dep-
eadent deflections. This creep behaviour immreased with
inereasl~ load. The pile m o i l behavic~r has been a n a l -
ysed in terms of an equivalent Wlmkler medium amd the non-
linear b e h a v i o ~ accounted for by a reduction in the
stlffneas modulus. R e a s e m b l e agreement was o b t a i n e d h e t -
ween the m e a m E o d b e = L i ~ m~nents surl deflected shape a~d
that predicted by an itarative non-linese anelysis. Auth.
650
PA/~C~N,AK
DONALD, IB
Imveati~atlons for rock socketted piles in Melbourne
mxlstone. 6F, 23R.
2ND AUS-N. Z. CONF .GEOM~CH,~RXSRAI~ 1975~ INS~ .EI~;RS~
ADS.NAT .CO~ .FO~L.~. 7~/~,m-9~-200.
The proposod J ~ , ~ o n Street Bridge has called for some of
the ~eepest rock-sccket-~e~ foundations yet used in Mel-
bourne; Properties of the ~ s t o n c , as revealed in labor-
atory tests, a r e discussed, together with some current
c o n c e d e o f s o c k e t d e s i g n . Auth.
651
TEX~0C~
Pile fou~latiena. In Russian. Refs.
MOSCOW.NAUCH.I S ~ n . I N ~ . 0SlaV. PC~EM. ~ N ,
Ta~Y, v6~, 1~75, z~SP.
HAWS,ET
FURLEY,AE
S~ne c a s e h i s t o r i e s o f coml~xter a p p l i c a ~ i o u s t o
f~ttons. 3F, 10R.
AUS. NAT.COnF. P~L. NO. 75/k, F2~3-257.
T h i s p a p e r d e s c r i b e s t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f ecmlm/timg tech-
niques t o t h e ane.lyais o f a deep a n c h o r e d r e t a i n i ~ w a l l ,
fountations fer a very ~ m-lti-ster~ t o w e r fowxled
on piles, a series of large ~mder~roumd excavations amd
fouDdatlons for a mass c o ~ ~ravi%y dam. Three of
the four examples involve %he use of finite element tech-
niques a~d the basis of this method is outlined with
recent advemces in modelli~ some complex geometries ar~
loa~i~ com~itions. Auth.
653
PILE, KC
Correlation between actual and predicted settlements
for a large test footi~. ~F,~T,~R.
21~D AUS- N.Z. CONF. G E C ~ , ~ R X S ~ , i~75, INST.EI~RS,
AUS. NAT. CONF. ~ . N0.75/~, F297-302 •
A field l o a d i ~ test on a 3'9" square test footing foun-
ded at a depth of 9'10" on a s a t u r s t e d silty clay strata
i s d e s c r i b e d . S e t t l e m e n t s o f each corner o f the footir~
are reported dtwim~ icadir~ unloedimg stud re-loadi~.
The r e s u l t s o f ~ o r y s o i l t e s t s a r e u s e d t o compute
s e t , smelts by four different methods. Field penetrome-
t e r d a t a i s also presented a ~ l used t o e s t i m s t e footl~g
behavic~r. A c t ~ l anl pre~icte~ settlements are ccm;ered,
and the merits of the different methods fc~ estimation
of s e t t l e m e n t are evaluated. It is concl~ed that
Skempton-B~mmm~ method a~d the Davis-Poulos method see
Slopes
See a l s o abstract: 645.
654
C~,WF
SNITHHAN, N
On slip surface stud slope stability amalysis.
SOILS F O ~ , V 1 5 , NS, 1975, P~I-~9.
The p a p e r p r e s e n t s a s l o p e s t a b i l i t y a n s l y s i s u s i ~ t h e
method o f v s e l a t i o m l c a l c u l u s t o d s t e r m i n s a i ~ l t a n -
e o u s l y t h e shape and normal s t r e s s d i s t r i ~ n x t i o n of t h e
most c r i t i c a l s l i p s ~ r f a c e . F o r a h e r i z o n t a l s l o p e o f
u~ifcm~m s o i l t h e most c r i t i c a l s l i p s u r f a c e was fou~l t o
be a logarithmic s p i r a l w i t h an a ~ l e e q u a l t o t h e fric-
tion amgle of the soil.
655
H A ~ , JG
RII~OLS, B~
BA~G~, PR
SOft rock e~ineseimg in the central Nc~-th Islamd
of N ~ Zealamd. 4F,15R.
2ND AUS-N. Z. CONF. GEOMECH, BRISEad~, 1975, INS~.ENGRS,
AUS. ~A~. CO~.PU~L. NO.~/4, P201- 2~.
Approximately one-thlrd of the area of the North Island
of New Z e a l a n d i s farmed f r ~ n s o f t s e d i m e n t a r y r o c k s of
T e r t i a r y age. The g e o l o g i c a l s e t ~ i ~ of t h e s e s o f t r o c k s
is outlinsd, together with some aspects of their emgin-
eerimg geology. A ~rief description is given c~ an active
landslide which continues to affect the North Islar~ Main
Trunk Railway. A more detailed description is given of
a 25 m deep c u t ~ i ~ and a 50 m h i g h r a i l w a y e m b ~ n t
c u r r e n t l y u~der c o n s t r u c t i o n . Q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d i n c l u d e a n
apparent discre1~ncy between the (low) strengths measured
in the laboratory on sieved r e c c m l ~ e d saDdstone~silt-
stones, and the satisfactory performance of existir~
embankments. Auth.
656
MCMAHON,~
Probability of faille and expected v o l ~ of failure
i n h i g h r o c k s l o p e s . 6F,1T,4R.
2ND AUS-N. Z. CO]F .GEOMECH,~ISBANE, I~75, INS~.ENGRS,
A~S. ~.~.~m~.No.7~/~, ~o8-3~3.
Long ~ rock slopes such as those obtained in large
open pit mimes ere excavated in a series of lifts. Slope
failures can occur by slidl~ a l O e . fractures, c~ combi-
cations of fra~ures, at ar~ stage in the slopes' his-
tory. Procedures for calculatimg the probability of
"operational failures", defined as failures above a cer-
tain size, add %he expecte~ vol~m=es of such failures
are presented. Procedures are also given for calcula-
ting the percentage of %he area of a major slope affec-
ted by operatioml regulation. In projects where signi-
ficant risk of failure can be accel~ed~ the optimum
s l o p e is t h e one where t h e p r e s e n t v a l u e of t h e ini-
tial e x c a v a t i o n p l u s t h e e x p e c t e d c o s t s r e s u l t i n g
from failures are a miriam. Auth.
657
~MAA~L, RH
Special instability problems in t h e Illawsera anl
warrir~ah ~ e areas of New South Wales. IOF,3T, gR.
2ND AUS-N. Z.CONF . ( ~ , ~RIS~ I ~ 5 ~INST .EI~S,
AUS, NAT. CONF. Pt~L. NO.75/~, P319-325.
The stability of several areas of the Illswarra and
Warrir~ah Shire in New So~th Wales ere e~aminsd with
a view to d e m o n s t r a t t ~ t h e similarity ~etween
the very large r a ~ of earth movements which have
occured in these regions. The similarity in the type
and mechanism of fail~res in these two h e s v l l y po-
p u l a t e d areas is believed to stem free a special gee-