by GCO | Sep 25, 2020 | Geotechnical
Authour(s) Robb Eric S. Moss, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE Abstract The residual strength of liquefied soil (su,r) is a large-strain strength variable often used for forecasting the seismic stability of dams, embankments, and mine tailings. This variable is usually...
by GCO | Sep 25, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) W. El-Sekelly, M.ASCE; R. Dobry, M.ASCE; T. Abdoun, M.ASCE; and M. Ni, S.M.ASCE Abstract This article presents numerical simulations investigating pore pressure buildup of a sand layer with a free drainage boundary at the top under both low and high...
by GCO | Sep 25, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) V. DiBattista and R. Kerry Rowe, Dist.M.ASCE Abstract Organic contaminant diffusion through a novel multilayer coextruded vapor barrier is examined for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX), trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethylene...
by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Xuecheng Bian* Wei Li* Yu Qian† Erol Tutumluer‡ Abstract Principal stress rotation induced by moving loads from trains significantly influences railway track settlement accumulation. The stationary cyclic loading commonly adopted to study railway...
by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Joel A. Smethurst* Nicola Bicocchi† William Powrie* Anthony S. O’Brien‡ Abstract Many clay railway embankments in the UK are well over 100 years old, and now suffer from a range of stability and serviceability problems. A common means of...
by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Claudio di Prisco* Luca Flessati† Gabriele Frigerio* Andrea Galli* Abstract Piled foundations are largely employed as settlement reducers in the design of artificial embankments on soft soil strata. The commonly employed design methods are, however,...
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