Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, Vol. 134 n°12. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering (ASCE) - Décembre 2008
| Titre : | Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, Vol. 134 n°12. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering (ASCE) - Décembre 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 04/01/2009 |
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Francisco Silva, Auteur ;
T. William Lambe, Auteur ;
W. Allen Marr, Auteur
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This paper aims to demystify the use of risk assessment as a decision management tool and present a methodology that places quantitative risk assessment within reach of every geotechnical engineer, even for routine engineering assignments. In pa[...]
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Hong, H. P., Auteur ;
G. Roh, Auteur
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The reliability analysis of earth slopes is considered. For slope safety assessment, the first-order reliability method is employed for estimating the probability of failure or reliability index. Since the failure of any slip surfaces implies fa[...]
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Hemanta Hazarika, Auteur ;
Eiji Kohama, Auteur ;
Takahiro Sugano, Auteur
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A series of large-scale underwater shaking table tests was performed on a gravity type model caisson protected by a cushioning technique using tire chips (scrap tire derived recycled product). The function of the tire chips cushion is to reduce [...]
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Lee, Dae Sung, Auteur ;
Elsworth, Derek, Auteur ;
Roman Hryciw, Auteur
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Detailed profiles of hydraulic conductivity are recovered from the deployment of direct-push permeameters at the Geohydrologic Experimental and Monitoring Site, Kansas. Measurements with thin tapered tips, and with standard cone penetration test[...]
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Roger Wisén, Auteur ;
Anders V. Christiansen, Auteur ;
Torleif Dahlin, Auteur
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The combination of in situ geotechnical testing and continuously measured geophysical data can be a powerful tool in geotechnical site investigation. In two cases from Sweden and one case from Denmark electric resistivity surveys are used succes[...]
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Lutz Karl, Auteur ;
Haegeman, Wim, Auteur ;
Degrande, Geert, Auteur
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The bender element test has shown to be a reliable tool to determine the shear wave velocity. This paper aims to extend the bender element technique to also measure the material damping ratio in a triaxial cell. Three different interpretation te[...]
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Inthuorn Sasanakul, Auteur ;
James A. Bay, Auteur
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Determination of strain in resonant column and torsional shear (RC/TS) tests is complicated due to nonuniform stress–strain variation occurring linearly with the radius in a soil specimen in torsion. The equivalent radius approach is adequate wh[...]
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David J. White, Auteur ;
Mark J. Thompson, Auteur
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To evaluate compaction meter value and machine drive power roller-integrated compaction technologies, a field study was conducted with 30-m test strips using five granular materials. The test strips were compacted using a prototype CS-533E vibra[...]
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Mark J. Thompson, Auteur ;
David J. White, Auteur
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To evaluate roller-integrated machine drive power (MDP) technology for predicting the compaction parameters of cohesive soils considering the influences of soil type, moisture content, and lift thickness on machine power response, a field study [...]
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G. P. Lignola, Auteur ;
A. Flora, Auteur ;
G. Manfredi, Auteur
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Tunnel excavation in cohesionless soils implies the use of a temporary supporting structure prior to lining installation. This temporary structure has to couple safety and economy, and can be conveniently realized using ground improvement techni[...]
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James M. Tinjum, Auteur ;
Craig H. Benson, Auteur ;
Tuncer B. Edil, Auteur
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Column tests were conducted to evaluate two treatment strategies for reducing and stabilizing hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in chromium ore processing residue (COPR): permeation with a FeSO4–H2SO4 solution and blending with a cationic polysulfide[...]
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Tam Larkin, Auteur
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A frequency domain method is presented to compute the impulsive seismic response of circular surface mounted steel and concrete liquid storage tanks incorporating soil-structure interaction (SSI) for layered sites. The method introduces the conc[...]
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Tong Qiu, Auteur ;
Fox, Patrick J., Auteur
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This technical note defines an “effective soil density” that controls the velocity of small strain shear waves in saturated soil. Biot theory indicates that the ratio of effective density to saturated density will generally range from 0.75 to 1.[...]
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Julio R. Valdes, Auteur ;
Selene L. Leleu, Auteur
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Experiments were conducted to evaluate the role of mineral composition on the direct simple shear response (i.e., volume change during shear) of uniform sands composed of “strong” quartz grains and “weak” calcareous grains. The dry specimens wer[...]
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José E. Andrade, Auteur ;
Kirk C. Ellison, Auteur
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In this technical note, an evaluation of the robustness and predictive ability of a constitutive model for sands is performed. The model is shown to capture the main features of sand behavior under both drained and undrained monotonic loadings f[...]
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Chung R. Song, Auteur ;
Jinwon Kim, Auteur ;
A. H.-D. Cheng, Auteur
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A new method of estimating the permeability of soils using an acoustic technique is proposed in this technical note. Biot’s coupled theory of mixtures from the mid-1950s, which addresses the relationship between the permeability of saturated soi[...]
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