PUBLICATIONS OF IRVIN LUKER
(Solo author unless indicated.)
“The use of sterephotogrammetry to measure movements” Transactions of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, August 1984. Read more.
“The prediction of the load-displacement relationship for the head of a long cylindrical anchorage in soil” Int conf on soil-structure interaction, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris 1987.
“Prediction of the load-settlement characteristics of bored piles” Int Conf on Deep foundations on Bored and Auger Piles. Ghent, 1988. Read more.
“A mercury column vertical movement measurement device for geotechnical engineering”, Transactions of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, February 1991. Read more.
“Pressuremeter interpretation by progressive relaxation”, Transactions of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, April 1991. Read more.
“A large scale in-situ test to investigate the mechanical characteristics of the backfilled soil and rock from a surface mining operation”, I Luker and J Waites. Ground Movements and Structures, proceedings of the 4th international conference on ground movements and structures, Cardiff 1991.
“Interpretation of the strain cylinder test for the assessment of concrete cube testing machines”, Transactions of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, June 1996. Read more.
“Bending of laminated glass” Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, V.40(3), p30-32, 1998. Read more.
“A simple strength test for masonry units” Concrete/Beton, Journal of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa. No. 93, April 1999. Read more.
“A proposed improvement to the crushing test of concrete specimens”, Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 42(1), p32-34, Oct 2000. Read more.
“The achievement of uniformity of straining during concrete cube testing in South Africa” Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 45(1), p2-8, 2003. Read more.
“Effect of non-uniform straining on concrete compressive strength” I Luker and S Tabsh. Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, 26(2), p42-51, 2004. Read more.
“Shortcomings of Current Compression Strength Tests for HSC and a Proposed Solution,” I Luker and S Tabsh. ACI Special Publication, SP-228-36, American Concrete Institute, June 2005, pp. 545-556. Read more.
“Designing Foundations with Piles for Vibrating Machinery”, M Gohnert, I Luker and C Morris. The Open Construction and Building Technology Journal, 2008, 2. Read more.
“Internally-jacked pile tests as part of site investigation in problem soils”, SAICE Conference on Problem Soils, Johannesburg, 2008. Read more.
“The adoption of CP2012 to design vibrating foundations with piles”, M Gohnert, I Luker. 5th European Workshop on the Seismic Behaviour of Irregular and complex structures, Italy Sept 2008, p 1-12. Read more.
“Recent use of the internally-jacked pile test in South Africa”, 1st Southern African Geotechnical Conf 2016, p 9-13. Read more.
“The use of strain measurements along the shaft of a pile being tested”, 1st Southern African Geotechnical Conf 2016, p 15-17. Read more.
“Static pile capacity from the rapid test via the unloading point method” J.S.Afr.Inst.Civ.Eng. 2021:63(2) by clicking here.