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AN earth pressure cell is being developed at the Road Research Laboratory for the measurement of static or slowly changing stresses in sub-soils beneath road embankments. The measurement of earth pressures is one of the most difficult site measurements in soil mechanics, and as a result of this many workers1–8 have devised earth pressure cells for particular applications, but none of these cells has been found to be entirely suitable for our requirements.
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MARGASON, G., IRWIN, M. Earth Pressure Cell. Nature 202, 483–484 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202483a0
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