James Anthony Charles

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James Anthony Charles is a British graduate civil engineer in geotechnical engineering . Charles was at the Building Research Establishment (BRE). He is particularly concerned with the geotechnical engineering of backfill construction and soil improvement.

In 2008 he was a Rankine Lecturer (The engineering behavior of fill - the use, misuse and disuse of case histories).

Fonts

  • Building on Fill: Geotechnical Aspects, Building Research Establishment Report 1993, 2nd edition London: CRC 2001 (with KS Watts)
  • Geotechnics for building professionals, Building Research Establishment Press, Bracknell 2005
  • with Arthur Penman : The Quality and Suitability of Rockfill Used in Dam Construction, BRE 1975
  • The Use of One-dimensional Compression Tests and Elastic Theory in Predicting Deformation of Rockfill Embankments, BRE 1976
  • with HD St. John, RJ Hunt: The use of 'vibro' ground improvement techniques in the United Kingdom, BRE Information Paper, Watford 1989
  • with D. Burford, KS Watts: Preloading uncompacted fills, BRE Information Paper, Watford 1986
  • with D. Burford: The Effect of a Rise of Water Table on the Settlement of Opencast Mining Backfill, BRE Information Paper 1985

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geotechnique, Volume 58, 2008, pp. 541-570, abstract
personal data
SURNAME Charles, James Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charles, James A
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British civil engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century