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N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 912912 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Pah,Pav : Horizontal and vertical components of active earth thrust (Ch. 13)
Pe,Pi : Inside perimeter of caisson (Ch. 19)
Po : Total earth thrust at rest
Maximum value of exciting force (Ch. 20)
Pg : Perimeter of pile group (Ch. 16)
Pp : Total passive earth resistance (Ch. 13)
Ps : Standard load (Ch. 17)
PT : Corrected Test load (Ch. 17)
Pt : Peat (Ch. 4)
Pz : Vertical load (Ch. 20)
p : Mean effective pressure (Ch. 16)
Intensity of water pressure (Ch. 19)
pz : Vertical stress (Ch. 20)
Q : Quality of water collected (Ch. 5)
Concentrated load (Ch. 10)
Design discharge (Ch. 19)
Qh : Horizontal force on pile (Ch. 16)
Qult : Total ultimate bearing capacity (Ch. 14)
Qup : Ultimate bearing load on pile (Ch. 16)
Qeb : End-bearing resistance of pile (Ch. 16)
Qst : Skin friction resistance of pile (Ch. 16)
Qap : Allowable load on pile (Ch. 16)
Qnf : Negative skin friction force on the pile (Ch. 16)
Qng : Net group capacity of piles (Ch. 16)
q : Discharge (Chs. 5 & 6)
Rate of pumping (Ch. 5)
Load intensity (Ch. 10)
Surcharge stress (Ch. 13)
Net upward pressure on concrete seal (Ch. 19)
q′ : Line Load intensity (Ch. 10)
qa : Allowable soil pressure (Ch. 19)
qu : Unconfined compression strength (Ch. 8)
qult : Ultimate bearing capacity (Ch. 14)
q′ult : Ultimate bearing capacity under local shear failure (Ch. 14)
qnet ult : Net ultimate bearing capacity (Ch. 15)
qb : Bearing capacity of pile in point bearing (Ch. 16)
qna : Net allowable bearing pressure (Ch. 14)
qs : Safe bearing capacity (Ch. 14)
Bearing capacity of foundation for a specified settlement (Ch. 14)