ANALYSIS of INSITU TEST DERIVED SOIL PROPERTIES with TRADITIONAL and FINITE ELEMENT METHODS by LANDY HARIVONY RAHELISON a DISSER
ANALYSIS OF INSITU TEST DERIVED SOIL PROPERTIES WITH TRADITIONAL AND FINITE ELEMENT METHODS By LANDY HARIVONY RAHELISON A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2002 To my Father, and my Mother ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author is most thankful to Dr. Frank Townsend for his guidance and support throughout this research, having worked with Dr. Townsend during these three years has brought the author very instructive experiences inside and outside the geotechnical area. The author also owes his greatest gratitude to the committee members: Dr. Joseph Tedesco for sacrificing his time and for his critical insights into the research, Dr. John Davidson for his ideal academic instructions and for being a role model in and out of the classroom, Dr. Paul Bullock for the invaluable assistance in the field testing and the extremely instructive discussions in his office, and Dr. Steven Detweiler for his contribution to this research by expressing different points of view. The author is also indebted to the personnel of the Florida Department of Transportation, especially the project coordinator Peter Lai, for their support and technical assistance. The author would like to express his gratitude to the personnel of Turner, Inc. at the University of South Florida site, the personnel of Applied Foundations Testing, Inc., especially Mike Muchard and Don Robertson, and the personnel of Pile Equipment, Inc. at the Green Cove Springs site. The author would like to thank all those at the University of Florida, especially Brian Anderson, Chris Kohlhof, Danny Brown, Bob Konz, Hubert Martin, and Tony Murphy who assisted in many ways throughout this work.
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