Selected papers

on

geotechnical engineering

byP R VAUGHAN, FREng

thomastelford

Contents

Preface vj;

Acknowledgements viii

Obituary: Peter Rolfe Vaughan ix

Working with Peter

1. Finlay Jardine xi

2. David Might xi

3. David Potts xii

4. Nebojsa Kovacevic xiv

The papers

A note on sealing piezometers in boreholes (1969) 1

Cracking and erosion ofthe rolled clay core of Balderhead Dam and the measures 10

adopted for its repair (1970)

Pore pressure changes and the delayed failure of cutting slopes in over-consolidated 31

clays (1973)

The design, construction and performance of Cow Green embankment dam (1975) 40

The deformations of the Empingham valley slope (1976) 66

Factors controlling the stability of clay fills in Britain (1978) 77

The drained residual strength of cohesive soils (1981) 88

Design of filters for clay cores of dams (1982) 121

Weathering, structure and in-situ stress in residual soils (1984) 136

Empingham Dam - design, construction and performance (1985) 153

Indexing the engineering properties of residual soils (1988) 196

Finite element analysis of progressive failure of Carsington embankment (1990) 212

The general and congruent effects of structure in natural soils and weak rocks 235

(1990)

The failure of Carsington Dam (1993) 257

Engineering behaviour of weak rocks: some answers and some questions (1993) 280

Assumption, prediction and reality in geotechnical engineering (1994) 305

Analysis of progressive failure and cracking in old British dams (1996) 342

Delayed collapse of cut slopes in stiff clay (1997) 362

Clay interface shear resistance (2000) 392

Undrained behaviour of brecciated Upper Lias Clay at Empingham Dam (2007) 402

Bibliography of Peter Vaughan's publications 417