CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



General 1 



Background 2 



Objectives 4 



TEST PROGRAM AND RESULTS 4 



ANALYSIS 8 



General 8 



Immediate Breakout 10 



Long-Term Breakout 19 



SUGGESTED PROCEDURE 25 



SAMPLE PROBLEM 30 



Problem 30 



Solution 30 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 32 



RECOMMENDATIONS 32 



APPENDIXES 



A-FY-71 Laboratory Tests 34 



B — Bearing Capacity Analogy 38 



C — Discussion of Form of Normalized Time Term 43 



REFERENCES 46 



NOMENCLATURE 49 



MBL/WHOI 



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