19. JAMES-BENJAMIN FORREST
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JAMES-BENJAMIN FORREST is an academic who published a paper in 1963 entitled Vibrations in soil with special regard to foundation design : a review of current theories with expe. JAMES-BENJAMIN FORREST published this work as part of a team: Forrest, James Benjamin. Here is a description of this work: It is the purpose of this thesis to review, and to evaluate to a degree, some of the current theories dealing with the effects of vibrations on foundations in contact with the earth. Basic parameters, the means of evaluating them, and their applications are discussed. Conditions leading to vibration and shock problems, the significance of these problems and various correctional methods are presented. The effects of vibrations on foundations, with particular regard to settlement, are considered by means of modifications to the soil characteristics as observed by other writers. Long term consolidation tests were carried out on undisturbed and remolded clay samples, both vibrated and unvibrated. These tests were conducted in order to secure a comparison between actual test results and the conclusions given by the above th.