by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Alun H. Thomas, BA, PhD, CEng, MICE Abstract Traditionally steel has been used for rock bolts in tunnelling. Faced with the challenge of reducing mankind’s environmental impact, it is necessary to look at using better alternatives....
by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Marianna Loli, PhD Angelos Tsatsis, PhD Rallis Kourkoulis, PhD Ioannis Anastasopoulos Abstract Thawing weakens the frozen soil supporting buildings and lifelines from Siberia to Alaska, resulting in settlements up to hundreds of millimetres during a...
by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Laura Moore, MEng Pratiksha Pandey, BTech, PhD Vinayagamoorthy Sivakumar, BSc, MSc, DIC, PhD, CEng, Abstract Sample disturbances in laminated soils may be caused by several factors, including water movement between the clay and sand layers upon...
by GCO | Sep 4, 2020 | Geotechnical
Author(s) Giorgia Giardina, MSc, PhD Nunzio Losacco, MSc, PhD Matthew J. DeJong, MSc, PhD Giulia M. B. Viggiani, PhD Robert J. Mair, MA, PhD, CBE, FREng, FICE, FRS Abstract Computational modelling of the effect of underground excavations on adjacent structures...
by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | Geotechnical
Aouthor(s) Ge Gao ; Mohamed A. Meguid, Ph.D., M.ASCE ; Luc E. Chouinard, Sc.D. ; and Chong Xu, Ph.D Abstract The earthquake-induced rock avalanche in the Tangjia Valley was the most notable geological disaster triggered by the Lushan earthquake in 2013. In...
by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | Geotechnical
Aouthor(s) Junied Bakr; Syed Mohd Ahmad; and omenico Lombardi Abstract This paper investigates the structural and global stability of a cantilever-type retaining wall under seismic loading using numerical modelling. A new and robust approach is proposed to...
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