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Alec Skempton

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Alec Skempton's Degrees

Bachelors Civil Engineering Imperial College London
PhD Civil Engineering Imperial College London

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According to Wikipedia, Sir Alec Westley Skempton was an English civil engineer internationally recognised, along with Karl Terzaghi, as one of the founding fathers of the engineering discipline of soil mechanics. He established the soil mechanics course at Imperial College London, where the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department's building was renamed after him in 2004, and was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to engineering. He was also a notable contributor on the history of British civil engineering.

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Alec Skempton's Published Works

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THE PORE-PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS A AND B (1954) (1533)
Long-Term Stability of Clay Slopes (1964) (857)
Residual strength of clays in landslides, folded strata and the laboratory (1985) (756)
Standard penetration test procedures and the effects in sands of overburden pressure, relative density, particle size, ageing and overconsolidation (1986) (598)
Experiments on piping in sandy gravels (1994) (497)
The consolidation of clays by gravitational compaction (1969) (434)
Notes on the compressibility of clays (1944) (432)
The Colloidal “Activity” of Clays (1984) (430)
EFFECTIVE STRESS IN SOILS, CONCRETE AND ROCKS (1961) (351)
The bearing capacity of clays (1951) (301)
STABILITY OF NATURAL SLOPES AND EMBANKMENT FOUNDATIONS (1969) (280)
THE ALLOWABLE SETTLEMENTS OF BUILDINGS. (1956) (246)
Stability of Natural Slopes in London Clay (1984) (241)
First-Time Slides in Over-Consolidated Clays (1970) (220)
A Contribution to the settlement analysis of foundations on clay (1957) (208)
The Behaviour of Saturated Clays During Sampling and Testing (1963) (162)
SOIL MECHANICS IN RELATION TO GEOLOGY (1953) (158)
Slope Stability of Cuttings in Brown London Clay (1984) (139)
Ignition Loss and other Properties of Peats and Clays from Avonmouth, King's Lynn and Cranberry Moss (1970) (132)
THE STRENGTH ALONG STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITIES IN STIFF CLAYS (1968) (120)
Cast In-Situ Bored Piles in London Clay (1959) (115)
Some Observations On Tectonic Shear Zones (1966) (91)
The design of permanent cutting slopes in stiff fissured clays (1974) (87)
Vane Tests in the Alluvial Plain of the River Forth Near Grangemouth (1948) (79)
The Measurement of the Shear Strength of Soils (1950) (78)
The Mam Tor landslide, North Derbyshire (1989) (74)
JOINTS AND FISSURES IN THE LONDON CLAY AT WRAYSBURY AND EDGWARE (1969) (73)
The Bradwell Slip: A Short-Term Failure in London Clay (1965) (62)
A Study of the Geotechnical Properties of Some Post-Glacial Clays (1948) (59)
From Theory to Practice in Soil Mechanics (1961) (57)
The failure of Carsington Dam (1993) (52)
A Discussion on valley slopes and cliffs in southern England: morphology, mechanics and Quaternary history - The Quaternary history of the Lower Greensand escarpment and Weald Clay vale near Sevenoaks, Kent (1976) (47)
Investigations of the landslide at Walton's Wood, Staffordshire (1972) (47)
Investigation of the landslide at Walton's Wood, Staffordshire (1972) (43)
A Landslide at Jackfield, Shropshire, in a Heavily Over-Consolidated Clay (1955) (43)
Horizontal Stresses in an Over-Consolidated Eocene Clay (1984) (42)
A Landslide in Boulder Clay at Selset, Yorkshire (1961) (38)
Earthquake loading of shear surfaces in slopes (1985) (38)
From theory to practice in soil mechanics; selections from the writings of Karl Terzaghi (1960) (36)
A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland (2002) (35)
Solifluction shears at Carsington, Derbyshire (1991) (25)
Alexandre Collin: A note on his Pioneer Work in Soil Mechanics (1949) (24)
A LABORATORY STUDY OF LONDON CLAY. (1942) (22)
The Pore-Pressure Coefficient in Saturated Soils (1960) (18)
Portland Cements, 1843-1887 (1962) (18)
Selected Papers on Soil Mechanics (1994) (18)
Keynote addressHistorical development of British embankment dams to 1960 (1989) (18)
PARTICLE-SIZE IN SILTS AND SANDS. (INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHY). (1945) (16)
Investigations Concerning a Deep Cofferdam in the Thames Estuary Clay at Shellhaven (1952) (14)
TERZAGHI'S THEORY OF CONSOLIDATION, AND THE DISCOVERY OF EFFECTIVE STRESS. (COMPILED FROM THE WORK OF K. TERZAGHI AND A.W. SKEMPTON). (1995) (14)
SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF CLAY. (1941) (14)
THE EFFECT OF DISCONTINUITIES IN CLAY BEDROCK ON THE DESIGN OF DAMS IN THE MANGLA PROJECT (1984) (14)
13. Carsington Dam failure (1985) (13)
A SLIP IN THE WEST BANK OF THE EAU BRINK CUT. (1945) (13)
A FOUNDATION FAILURE DUE TO CLAY SHRINKAGE CAUSED BY POPLAR TREES. (1954) (12)
Landmarks in early soil mechanics (1984) (12)
CORRESPONDENCE. SETTLEMENT ANALYSES OF SIX STRUCTURES IN CHICAGO AND LONDON. (1956) (12)
Discussion: Experiments on piping in sandy gravels (1995) (11)
Engineering in the Port of London, 1808–1834 (1981) (11)
John Smeaton, FRS (1994) (11)
DISCUSSION ON PAPER NO. 6252: DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SASUMUA DAM. (1958) (11)
The Boat Store, Sheerness (1858-60) and its Place in Structural History (1959) (11)
DISCUSSION. THE BEARING CAPACITY OF SCREW PILES AND SCREWCRETE CYLINDERS. (1950) (10)
Samuel Wyatt and the Albion Mill (1971) (10)
SETTLEMENT ANALYSES OF SIX STRUCTURES IN CHICAGO AND LONDON. (1955) (9)
John and Edward Troughton, mathematical instrument makers (1973) (9)
The Engineers of the English River Navigations 1620-1760 (1953) (8)
William Strutt’s Cotton Mills, 1793-18l2 (1955) (8)
Thames tunnel: geology, site investigation and geotechnical problems (1994) (8)
People, Land and Water (1979) (8)
Alfred John Sutton Pippard, 1891-1969 (1970) (7)
William Jessop, engineer (1979) (7)
GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985 (1985) (6)
Arthur Langtry Bell (1874–1956) and His Contribution to Soil Mechanics (1958) (6)
Early Members of The Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (1971) (6)
A Discussion on valley slopes and cliffs in southern England: morphology, mechanics and Quaternary history - Introductory remarks (1976) (5)
EARTHQUAKE LOADING OF SHEAR SURFACES IN SLOPES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985 (1985) (5)
A Discussion on valley slopes and cliffs in southern England: morphology, mechanics and Quaternary history - Valley slope sections in Jurassic strata near Bath, Somerset (1976) (5)
Alexandre Collin, 1808–1890 Pioneer in Soil Mechanics (1945) (5)
I John Smeaton (1981) (4)
Engineering in the Port of London, 1789–1808 (1978) (4)
Discussion: The failure of Carsington Dam (1995) (4)
The publication of Smeaton's Reports (1971) (4)
DISCUSSION. THE ALLOWABLE SETTLEMENTS OF BUILDINGS. (1956) (3)
FOUNDATIONS FOR HIGH BUILDINGS. (1955) (3)
Engineering on the Thames Navigation, 1770– 1845 (1983) (3)
The Rolt Memorial Lecture, 1975 The Engineers of Sunderland Harbour, 1718-1817 (1977) (3)
DISCUSSION. SOIL STABILITY PROBLEMS IN ROAD ENGINEERING. (1953) (3)
The Albion Mill Foundations (1971) (3)
A History of the Steam Dredger, 1797–1830 (1974) (3)
Civil Engineers and Engineering in Britain, 1600-1830 (1997) (2)
Discussion of Classification and Identification of Soils by Arthur Casagrande (1948) (2)
CORRESPONDENCE. THE ULTIMATE BEARING PRESSURE OF RECTANGULAR FOOTINGS. (1942) (2)
Cast Iron Edge-Rails at Walker Colliery 1798 (1976) (2)
The optical determination of preferred orientation in clays and its application to the study of microstructure in consolidated kaolin. ІІ (1967) (1)
THE INSTRUMENTAL SONATAS OF THE LOEILLETS (1962) (1)
CORRESPONDENCE. PARTICLE-SIZE IN SILTS AND SANDS. (1946) (1)
APPENDIX I Smeaton's Library and Instruments (1981) (1)
William Chapman (1749-1832), Civil Engineer (1973) (1)
A Century of soil mechanics: classic papers on soil mechanics published by the Institution of Civil Engineers 1844 - 1946 (1969) (1)
Discussion: The design of permanent cutting slopes in stiff fissured clays (1975) (1)
British civil engineering 1640-1840 : a bibliography of contemporary printed reports, plans and books (1987) (1)
DISCUSSION. TUNNEL LININGS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A NEW FORM OF REINFORCED CONCRETE LINING. (1943) (1)
Early printed reports and maps (1665-1850) in the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1977) (1)
APPENDIX III List of Works (1981) (0)
CORRSPONDENCE. A FOUNDATION FAILURE DUE TO CLAY SHRINKAGE CAUSED BY POPLAR TREES. (1954) (0)
DISCUSSION (1969) (0)
XI Papers, Reports and Drawings (1981) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. A SLIP IN THE WEST BANK OF THE EAU BRINK CUT. (1945) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. A NEW PILING FORMULA. (1947) (0)
DISCUSSION. SOME SOIL MECHANICS PROBLEMS ON THE LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY. RAILWAY ENGINEERING DIVISION. (1944) (0)
DISCUSSION. FOLKESTONE WARREN LANDSLIPS : RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN 1939 BY THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RAILWAY ENGINEERING DIVISION. (1946) (0)
A Review of: “Judgement in geotechnical engineering: The professional legacy of Ralph” B. Peck (Ed. John Dunnicliff and Don U. Deve). John Wiley, New York, USA, 1984, 332 pp, £49-45 (1985) (0)
DISCUSSION. FOUNDATION PROBLEMS IN RELATION TO SOIL MECHANICS. STRUCTURAL & BUILDING ENGINEERING DIVISION. (1947) (0)
DISCUSSION. SOIL ENGINEERING AT STEEP ROCK IRON MINES, ONTARIO, CANADA. (1959) (0)
DISCUSSION. BUOYANT FOUNDATIONS IN SOFT CLAY FOR OIL-REFINERY STRUCTURES AT GRANGEMOUTH. (1952) (0)
DISCUSSION. AN INTRODUCTION TO ALLUVIAL GROUTING. (1962) (0)
DISCUSSION. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL THEORY. (1952) (0)
DISCUSSION ON THE RELATIVE MERITS OF METHODS OF SINKING BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS. (1951) (0)
SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH BUILDINGS: DISCUSSION. (1955) (0)
Bibliography: PRINTED BOOKS AND PAPERS (1984) (0)
DISCUSSION. THE DESIGN OF A REINFORCED-CONCRETE FACTORY AT BRYNMAUR, SOUTH WALES. (1953) (0)
A. W. Skempton: Chronology (1984) (0)
Appendix: The dating of Troughton instruments (1973) (0)
Notes on the Compressibility of Clays (1946) (0)
APPENDIX II Portraits ofSrneaton (1981) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. A LABORATORY STUDY OF LONDON CLAY. (1942) (0)
DISCUSSION. EARTHWORK IN EMBANKMENTS. ROAD ENGINEERING SECTION. (1942) (0)
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION. 2ND SESSION. THE PLACE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE EDUCATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. CONFERENCE HELD AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST 10 SEP 1958. (1959) (0)
DISCUSSION. SITE INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDING BORING AND OTHER METHODS OF SUB-SURFACE EXPLORATION. WORKS CONSTRUCTION PAPER NO 12. (1949) (0)
DISCUSSION. THE DESIGN OF WHARVES ON SOFT GROUND. (1944) (0)
VI Fen Drainage (1981) (0)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDY AND THE CURRICULUM. 1ST SESSION. THE PLACE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE EDUCATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. CONFERENCE HELD AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST 9 SEP 1958. (1959) (0)
Eleventh Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture: William Chapman (1749-1832) Civil Engineer (1973) (0)

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Imperial College London