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Severine Britt

Publications and source records attributed to Severine Britt.

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USGS1954

The landslide of Sainte-Adresse cliff

The Sainte-Adresse Cliff in the neighborhood of Le Havre was subject in the past to repeated movements of greater of lesser scope which in 1944 have become markedly accentuated because of works on the "Atlantic Wall" and bomb and mine explosions. The situation became dangerous and required a complete study including geological and geotechnical surveys with borings and search of slip planes. The study enabled us to explain the mechanism of the observed movements and to establish a program of consolidating works.

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USGS1953

Measurement of earth pressures by means of the flat jack test

This study deals with the principle and application of a method of measuring the stresses around a rock gallery. The measuring principle consists of cutting a drain in a gallery wall, observing the corresponding stress lessening, then restoring the initial state of stress by means of a Freyssinet flat jack. The application of this method in the Eastern iron-ore mines have given interesting results. In particular, they confirm the validity of the elastic hypothesis in these mines and enable the measurement of the stresses within them ass to be made more accurately than by the usual methods. Finally, by means of improvements, which do not unduly complicate the test performance, complete information on the elastic characteristics of the mineral may be obtained.

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