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April 1, 2001Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering

The observational method can be simple

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This paper describes three examples—the Chicago Subway, the Cleveland Ore Yard and the Newport News Shipway—where quite simple field observations led to substantial improvements. These projects were forerunners in the application of the observational method and they reveal how elemental theory and qualitative predictions form the essence of the observational method.

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Ralph B. Peck (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7dca9ac18924c76574972 https://doi.org/10.1680/geng.2001.149.2.71

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