Abstract The Christchurch Northern Corridor is a scheme involving the construction of a new 4-lane highway connecting the City of Christchurch to the Northern Arterial Motorway. The scheme’s site is predominantly underlain by up to 15m of alluvial deposits including very weak, highly compressible peat…
In this paper, the properties of undisturbed Auckland residual soil are related to visualisation of the void structure obtained by X-ray CT scanning. The soil investigated was derived from in situ weathering of the Waitemata group sandstones and siltstones, a process which produces soil with surprisingly…
The manner in which the results of oedometer tests are normally presented and used for determining stiffness parameters is examined. The basis for using a logarithmic scale for pressure is examined and shown to be of limited relevance to many soils. It is suggested that…