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914 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING


s : Shear strength (Ch. 8)
Elastic settlement (Ch. 14)
Penetration (set) of pile (Ch. 16)
Pile spacing (Ch. 16)
sc,sg,sq : Shape factors (Ch. 14)
T : Coefficient of transmissibility (Ch. 5)
Time factor (Ch. 7)
Tangential force (Ch. 9)
Sliding resistance (Ch. 13)
Relative stiffness factor (Ch. 16)
Hoop Tension force (Ch. 19)
Period of oscillation (Ch. 20)
Ts : Surface Tension (Ch. 5)
t : Elapsed time (Chs. 3 & 20)
Thickness of vane (Chs. 8 & 18)
Thickness of Concrete seal/Bottom plug (Ch. 19)
tp : Thickness of pad (Ch. 20)
ts : Thickness of steining of a well (Ch. 19)
U : Uniformity coefficient (Ch. 3)
Average consolidation ratio (Ch. 7)
Total neutral force (Ch. 9)
Uz : Consolidation ratio at depth z (Ch. 7)
UU : Unconsolidate undrained Test (Ch. 8)
u : Pore water pressure
Neutral stress (Ch. 5)
Excess pore pressure (Ch. 7)
V : Total volume of soil sample (Ch. 2)
Volume of suspension (Ch. 3)
Volume of water displaced by a floating caisson (Ch. 19)
Va : Volume of air (Ch. 2)
Vd,Vm : Volume of soil at shrinkage limit (Ch. 3)
Vh : Volume of hydrometer (Ch. 3)
Vi : Initial volume of soil sample (Ch. 3)
Vl : Volume of soil at liquid limit (Ch. 3)
Vp : Volume of soil at plastic limit (Ch. 3)
Volume of pipette sample (Ch. 3)
Vs : Volume of solids (Ch. 2)
Volumetric shrinkage (Ch. 3)
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