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Georges PILOT: Ponts et Chaussées engineer - Delegate for International Action at the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées
INTRODUCTION
The Société Internationale de Mécanique des Sols et des Travaux de Fondations has published, via an ad hoc Technical Committee, a list of symbols, units and definitions which is currently the reference.
It is this list that appears, virtually in extenso, on the following pages.
The premium indicates an effective constraint.
Highlighting indicates an average value.
A dot above a symbol indicates derivation with respect to time.
The prefix δ or Δ indicates an increase or variation.
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