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N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 916916 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
wp : Plastic limit (PL)
wr : Water content obtained by rapid moisture meter (Ch. 3)
ws : Shrinkage limit (SL)
x : X-coordinate (Ch. 13)
distance
x : Level arm of reaction (Ch. 13)
Y : Y-coordinate
Z : Displacement (Ch. 20)
z : Depth under consideration
zc : Critical depth (Ch. 8)
zγ,zq : Depths of water table (Fig. 14.14)GREEK
α : Angle (Ch. 6)
Coefficient expressing rate of secondary compression (Ch. 7)
Angle of inclination of wall face with horizontal (Ch. 18)
Shape factor (Ch. 14)
Adhesion factor (Ch. 16)
depth of penetration (cone penetrometer method)
Ratio (Bi/Li) for caisson (Ch. 20)
Correction factor in Eq. 20.90 (Ch. 20)
β : Angle of obliquity (Ch. 8)
Angle of Slope (Ch. 9)
γ : Bulk unit weight
γ′ : Submerged or buoyant unit weight
γc : Unit weight of caisson material (Ch. 19)
γd : Dry unit weight (Chs. 2 & 12)
γi : Initial unit weight of suspension (Ch. 3)
γ 1 : Modified unit weight (Ch. 13)
γ 0 : Unit weight of water 4°C (Ch. 2)
Unit weight of soil in the natural state (Ch. 3)
γs : Unit weight of solids (Ch. 2)
γsat : Saturated unit weight (Ch. 2)
γw : Unit weight of water (Ch. 2)
γz : Unit weight of suspension at depth z and time t (Ch. 3)
γmax : Maximum dry density (densest state) (Ch. 3)
γmin : Minimum dry density (loosest state) (Ch. 3)
∆ : Small increment in any quantity, e.g., ∆a (Ch. 6)
∆L : Elastic compression of pile (Ch. 16)