Sir Alec Westley Skempton FRS FREng (4 June 1914 – 9 August 2001) was an English civil engineer internationally recognised, along with Karl Terzaghi,...
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Skempton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alec Skempton (1914–2001), British civil engineer, pioneer of soil mechanics Howard Skempton...
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London (redirect from Skempton Building)
years. The department is housed in the Skempton Building, named after the English civil engineer Sir Alec Skempton, the former head of the department. The...
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English amateur golfer Alec Skelding (1886–1960), English cricketer and umpire Alec Skempton (1914–2001), British civil engineer Alec Sloan (1870–1938), Australian...
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179502045, Bramah, Joseph, "Obtaining and Applying Motive Power" Sir Alec Skempton; et al. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great...
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Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1852. p. 100-102 Alec Skempton. "Farey, Jr., John," in: A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers...
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Oleg Kerensky (1977) Nathan M. Newmark (1979) Riccardo Morandi (1980) Alec Skempton (1981) Alan Harris (1984) Frank Newby (1985) Michael Horne (1986) Alan...
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interested in the publications of Sir Alec Skempton and his ideas on in situ behavior of natural clays. Skempton formulated concepts and porous water coefficients...
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advanced constitutive models describing the behavior of soil. In 1960, Alec Skempton carried out an extensive review of the available formulations and experimental...
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Elmer Knutson, 86, Canadian businessman, activist and politician. Alec Skempton, 87, British scientist. Lou Boudreau, 84, American baseball player and...
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October 2015). "The History and Future of Locks and Keys". Gizmodo. Sir Alec Skempton; et al. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great...
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his graduation from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Bishop worked under Alec Skempton and obtained his PhD in 1952 with his thesis title being: The stability...
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relevant deviation from experimental data and the formulation provided by Alec Skempton should be utilized, in order to achieve more accurate results. Substantially...
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Jörg Schlaich Marc Seguin Mark Serrurier Fred Severud Vladimir Shukhov Alec Skempton John Skilling Frederick Snow Werner Sobek Josef Stenbäck Robert Stephenson...
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tests at Imperial College London from research led by Professor Sir Alec Skempton at Imperial College, led to the publication of the critical state concept...
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hypotheses and introducing the set of basic equations of Poroelasticity. Alec Skempton in his work in 1960, has carried out an extensive review of available...
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engineer Ole Singstad Holland Tunnel tunnel ventilation system Sir Alec Skempton A founding father of soil mechanics Otto Skorzeny SS commando Carlos...
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medical missionary and Clare Lloyd, biologist. In engineering; Sir Alec Skempton, one of the founding fathers of soil mechanics; George E. Davis, regarded...
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to 1920. The principal editor of the first volume was Professor A. W. Skempton, and the entries were written by a number of specialist historians. An...
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(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Chisholm 1911, p. 176. Alec Skempton. "Farey, Jr., John," in: A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers...
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2001. Charles Hadfield; Alec Skempton (1979). William Jessop, Engineer. Devon:David & Charles. pp. 171–172. Skepton, Alec (2002). "Barnes, Thomas (1765–1801)"...
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Ponseti (died 2009), Menorcan-born pediatric orthopedist. June 4 – Alec Skempton (died 2001), English pioneer of soil science and engineering historian...
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ICSMFE, serving until 1957 when he was succeeded by Alec Skempton. Casagrande succeeded Skempton, holding the presidency from 1961 to 1965. A steering...
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Yardley (b. 1925), American aeronautical engineer. August 9 – Sir Alec Skempton (b. 1914), English pioneer of soil science and engineering historian...
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soil mechanics and engineering seismology. He worked with Professors Alec Skempton and Alan W. Bishop and obtained his PhD degree in 1958; his thesis title...
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(Royal Navy officer) CB DSC, commanded HMS Centaur from 1962 to 1963 Sir Alec Skempton FRS FREng, professor of civil engineering from 1957 to 1981 at Imperial...
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neuroscientist (born 1925) Paul Weatherley, botanist (born 1917) 9 August – Alec Skempton, scientist (born 1914) 11 August Edward Thomas Hall, scientist who proved...
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established soil mechanics as an essential part of civil engineering. Alec Skempton, another early pioneer in the field, would later refer to the time between...
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to William Etheridge. Peter Cross-Rudkin (2002a). "Essex, James". In Alec Skempton (ed.). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain...
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(co-founder, president 1932–34, editor of Transactions) L. T. C. Rolt Alec Skempton Hugh Pembroke Vowles Rex Wailes Paul Wilson, Baron Wilson of High Wray...
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