Article: Implication of Feature Engineering on Predicting Foundation Settlements

This article by J. Kirstein, January 2025, highlights the importance of feature engineering and domain knowledge when implementing ML models for predicting foundation settlements. The article shows how a simple linear regression model can be applied to capture the highly nonlinear effect of foundation size on settlements results.

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Article: Strength Reuction of Silt during Shearing

This article by J. Kirstein is from August 2019 and establishes a formula for evaluation of silt strength capacity during shearing. The method is based on Skemptons A-parameter, which is often omited in commercial geotechnical FE softwares. The article is in danish.

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