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Pp
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Thrust due to passive earth pressure
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Pw
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Thrust due to water or seepage forces
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Q
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Total quantity of flow in time t, applied surface line load
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Qb
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Ultimate soil strength at pile base
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Qk; Qd
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Eurocode 7 (2nd G) characteristic variable action; design variable action
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Qs
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Ultimate soil strength around pile shaft
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Qu
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Ultimate load carrying capacity of pile
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R
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Radius, reaction
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Rb;cal
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Eurocode 7 calculated value of pile base resistance
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Rb;k
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Eurocode 7 characteristic value of pile base resistance
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Rb,rep
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Eurocode 7 (2nd G) representative base resistance
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Rc
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Eurocode 7 compressive resistance of ground against a pile at ultimate limit state
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Rc;cal
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Eurocode 7 calculated value of Rc
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Rc;d
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Eurocode 7 design value of Rc
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Rcd
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Eurocode 7 (2nd G) design value of Rc
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Rc;k
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Eurocode 7 characteristic value of Rc
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Rc;m
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Eurocode 7 measured value of Rc
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Rc,rep
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Eurocode 7 (2nd G) representative total pile resistance
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Rd
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Eurocode 7 design resisting force
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Ro
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Overconsolidation ratio (one‐dimensional)
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Rp
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Overconsolidation ratio (isotropic)
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Rs;cal
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Eurocode 7 calculated value of pile shaft resistance
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Rs;k
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Eurocode 7 characteristic value of pile shaft resistance
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Rs,rep
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Eurocode 7 (2nd G) representative shaft resistance
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S
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Vane shear strength
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Sdst;d
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Eurocode 7 design value of destabilising seepage force
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Sr
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Degree of saturation
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St
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Sensitivity
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T
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Time factor, tangential force, surface tension, vane torque
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Td
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Eurocode 7 design value of total shearing resistance around structure
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U
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Average degree of consolidation
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Uz
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Degree of consolidation at a point at depth z
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V
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Volume, vertical load
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Va
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Volume of air, percentage air voids
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Vdst;d
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Eurocode 7 design value of destabilising vertical action on a structure
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Vs
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Volume of solids
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Vv
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Volume of voids
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Vw
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Volume of water
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W
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Weight
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Ws
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Weight of solids
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Ww
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Weight of water
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Xd
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Eurocode 7 design value of a material property
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Xk
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Eurocode 7 representative value of a material property Eurocode 7 (2nd G) characteristic value of a material property
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Xrep
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Eurocode 7 (2nd G) representative value of a material property
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Z
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Section modulus
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a
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Area, wall adhesion, intercept of MCV calibration line with w‐axis
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b
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Width, slope of MCV calibration line
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c
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Unit cohesion
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c'
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Unit cohesion with respect to effective stresses
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cb
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Undisturbed soil shear strength at pile base
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Eurocode 7 design value of effective cohesion
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cr
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Residual value of cohesion
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cu
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Undrained unit cohesion
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Average undrained shear strength of soil
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cu;d
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Eurocode 7 design value of undrained shear strength
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cv
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Coefficient of consolidation
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cw
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Unit cohesion between wall and soil
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d
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Pile penetration, pile diameter, particle size
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