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Publications by [Duncan J. M.]

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The purpose of the study described in this report is to compile and synthesize information on the geology and engineering properties of Piedmont residual soils, and on geotechnical engineering design methods appropriate for use in these soils. Considerable ...
Reference: Virginia Tech Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research
Simple reliability analyses, involving neither complex theory nor unfamiliar terms, can be used in routine geotechnical engineering practice. These simple reliability analyses require little effort beyond that involved in conventional geotechnical analyses. ...
Reference: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 4, April, 2000. ASCE.
Investigation of the decrease of foundation clay shear strength from fully softened to residual after cyclic loading of reservoir filling and emptying of the San Luis Dam.
Reference: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol 117, No 1, 1991
Analysis of the settlement at five sites on San Francisco Bay Mud and two sites on Boston Blue Clay has shown that where dessicated crust has developed on the clay, spatial variations in the preconsolidation pressure are the most important cause of differential ...
Reference: Soils and Foundations, Vol 31, No 3, pp 77-90, 1991
The objective of this investigation was to review existing information concerning slope failures in stiff, fissured clays and shales, and to study the influence of lateral stresses on the stress conditions around excavated slopes. These studies, which were ...
Reference: CONTRACT REPORT s-68-4, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station