Massarsch krm swedish geo
- 1. Swedish Geotechnical Engineering K. Rainer Massarsch Geo Risk & Vibration Scandinavia AB
- 2. Sweden Sweden: Northern Europe 2000 km long 10 million inhabitants
- 3. 12 thousand years ago ¨C Sweden was covered by 2000 m of ice. The rock has rebounded by heave of almost 500 m!! Sweden has the highest land uplift in the world.
- 4. Areas below highest sea level ¨C geotechnical problems: Stability and settlements
- 6. Rebound of ground surface ¨C 1 to 10 mm/year Most of Sweden covered by till (moraine)
- 7. ¡°Quick clay¡± However, biggest problems in areas with soft clay
- 8. The Viking Period: 790 - 1100 Vikings built fortifications along sea shores and lakes
- 9. Landslide problems in soft clay During construction of railway lines around 1905 - 1920 Recent landslides in Sweden
- 10. Famous slide at Stigbergsquay harbour in Gothenburg initiated first modern stability analysis
- 12. Wolmar Fellenius (1876 ¨C 1957)
- 13. Albert Atterberg (1846 ¨C 1916) Alfred Nobel (1833 ¨C 1896)
- 15. Settlement problems in centre of Stockholm
- 17. Christopher Polhem (1661 ¨C 1751) Bror Fellenius (1903 ¨C 1990) Swedish Commission on Pile Research ?Precast concrete piles ?Static load testing ?Dynamic load testing ¨C stress waves ?Negative skin friction
- 18. Piling Industry ¨C precast concrete piles Expander Body
- 19. Walter Kjellman (1905 ¨C 1955)
- 21. Installation of plastic drains in Hong Kong
- 23. andslide problems ¨C Tuve landslide in 1976
- 25. Lime-cement stabilization of soft clay
- 26. Monitoring of deep mixing by computerized system
- 27. Dry mixing of cement with clay....
- 30. Landslide in unstabilized area
- 31. Vibratory Compaction of Sand by ?resonance metod¡° Vibration sensor measures
- 32. Underwater compaction in Hong Kong