He is most remembered for his research and development contributions in pier and pile foundations and soil mechanics.
en.wikipedia.org Critical state soil mechanics is the basis for many contemporary advanced constitutive models describing the behavior of soil.
en.wikipedia.org Equipment on board included a television camera and auxiliary mirrors, a soil mechanics surface sampler, strain gauges on the spacecraft landing legs, and numerous engineering sensors.
en.wikipedia.org There are laboratories for construction materials, structural mechanics, transportation, soil mechanics and hydraulics, used for instruction, graduate research and for expert service to industry.
en.wikipedia.org Topics covered by experiments performed included soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismology, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields, and solar wind.
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