CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



IMMEDIATE HOLDING CAPACITY 1 



Cohesive Soil ^ 



Cohesionless Soil ^ 



LONG-TERM STATIC HOLDING CAPACITY ^ 



Cohesive Soil -* 



Drainage 



Creep 7 



Cohesionless Soil 7 



LONG-TERM REPEATED LOAD HOLDING CAPACITY 8 



Cohesive Soil 8 



Cohesionless Soil 9 



ESTIMATION OF SOIL PROPERTIES 10 



SUGGESTED PREDICTION PROCEDURE 12 



SAMPLE PROBLEM. 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 



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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 18 



REFERENCES 31 



NOMENCLATURE 33 



MBL/WHOI 



D D3D1 DDMD23M 3 iii 



