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Jan 1916
Cohesion in Earth: the Need for Comprehensive Experimentation to Determine the Coefficients of Cohesion
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Volume 80, Issue 1
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The ordinary theory of earth pressure pertains to a granular material, such as clean sand, gravel, or rip-rap, supposed to be endowed with friction only. For ordinary earth, and particularly with clay, experiments given show that, in addition to friction, the earth is endowed with cohesion, and the practical importance of determining experimentally the simultaneous coefficients of friction and cohesion for every variety of earth is earnestly urged.
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William Cain, M.ASCE
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