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N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 911APPENDICES 911
Mf : Mass of foundation (Ch. 20)
Mo : Monent of force (Ch. 14)
Mr : Moment of resistance (Chs. 14 & 19)
Ms : Mass of vibrating soil (Ch. 20)
Mt : Mass of tup (Ch. 20)
Mb,ML : Moments (Ch. 15)
m : Factor of safety with respect to total stresses (Ch. 9)
Factor for rectangular loading (Ch. 10)
Perimeter shear factor (Ch. 14)
Number of rows of piles (Ch. 16)
mv : Modulus of volume change (Ch. 7)
N : Overall percentage of particles finer than D (Ch. 3)
Number of blows (determination of LL) (Ch. 3)
Standard penetration number (Chs. 14 & 18)
Normal force (Ch. 9)
Taylor’s stability number (Ch. 9)
Normal component of soil reaction (Ch. 13)
N′ : Observed SPT Value (Ch. 18)
Nc,Nq,Nγ : Bearing capacity factors (Ch. 14)
Nf : Percentage of particles finer than size D in a sample (Ch. 3)
Nφ : Flow value (Ch. 13)
n : Porosity
Coefficient (Ch. 9)
Factor (Ch. 10)
distance (Ch. 13)
number of piles (Ch. 16)
na : Percent air voids (Ch. 2)
Ratio (Wa/Wt) in Eq. 20.111 (Ch. 20)
nd : Number of equipotential drops (Ch. 6)
nf : Number of flow channels (Ch. 6)
Ratio (Wf/Wt) in Eq. 20.111 (Ch. 20)
OCR : Over Consolidation Ratio (Ch. 7)
P : Force (Ch. 8)
Perimeter of pile section (Ch. 16)
Earth thrust (Ch. 13)
Exciting force (Ch. 20)
P 1 : Earth thrust (Ch. 14)
Pa : Total active earth thrust