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Online Geoengineering Library
A collection of publications available on the
internet at no cost. (Currently 568 different recources in 20 sections)
New additions:
Soil Mechanics
M.D. Bolton, R. English, C.C. Hird, A.N. Schofield, (1973). Ground Displacements
in Centrifugal Models. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Moscow.
T. Koumoto and G.T. Houlsby, (2001). Theory and practice of the fall cone
test. Geotechnique 51, No.8, 701-712.
Rock Mechanics
Eudes Siqueira Muniz, Anna Laura L.S. Nunes, Sergio A.B. da Fontoura,
Jose Alcides Santoro Martins, (1998). New CIU Triaxial Test Method for
Shales. Brazil.
Hsin-Pei Nicol Chang, (2004). The Relationship between void ratio and
shear wave velocity of gold tailings. Msc Thesis, Faculty of engineering,
build environment and information technology, University of Pretoria.
Foundation Design
M.J. Cassidy, B.W. Byrne and G.T. Houlsby, (2002). Modelling the bahviour
of circular footings under combined loading on loose carbonate sand. Geotechnique
52, No.10, 705-712.
Robert E. Kimmerling, (2002). Geotechnical Engineering Circular No.6 -
Shallow Foundations. Technical Report FHWA-SA-02-054. Seattle, Washington
D.C.
Naresh C. Samtani, Edward A. Nowatzki, (2006). Soils and Foundations
Reference Manual. NCS Consultants, LLC, National Highway Institute,
(NHI), U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA).
Dams and Embankments
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2302), 1990. Engineering and Design.
Construction with large stone. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington D.C.
Soil Mechanics Note No. 3: Soil Mechanics Considerations for Embankment
Drains, (1971). U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering
Division, Soil Mechanics Unit.
Technical Release No.56, Design Branch: A Guide for Design and Layout of
Vegetative wave protection for Earth Dam Embankments, (1974). U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Joint Effort- Plant
Sciences Division and Engineering Division.
Chapter 26: Gradation Design of Sand and Gravel Filters, (1994). Part 633
National Engineering Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Chapter 50: Earth Spillway Design, (1997). Part 628 Dams - National
Engineering Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
Ground Improvement
Amitava Roy, Lan Wang, Roger L. Seals, John B. Metcalf, (2003). Technical
Report (FHWA/LA. 03/366). Stabilization Techniques for Reactive Aggregate
in Soil-Cement Base Course. Louisiana
Transportation Research Center.
J.G. Wang, B. Oh, S.W. Lim, G.S. Kumar, (1999). Effect of different
jet-grouting installations on neighboring structures. Field Measurements
in Geomechanics, Leung, Tan & Phoon (eds), Balkema, Rotterdam.
J.G. Wang, B. Oh, S.W. Lim, G.S. Kumar, (1998). Studies on Soil
Disturbance caused by Grouting in treating Marine Clay. 2nd International
Conference on Ground Improvement Techniques, Singapore.
Geotechnical Investigations and In-Situ Testing
Zedi Mesheck Nyirenda, (1989). The Piezocone in Lightly overconsolidated
Clay. PhD Thesis, University
of Oxford.
Murad Y. Abu-Farsakh, (2004). Technical Report (FHWA/LA.03/386). Evaluation
of consolidation characteristics of cohesive soils from piezocone
penetration tests. Louisiana
Transportation Research Center, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration.
Cee-Ing Teh, (1987). An analytical study of the cone penetration test. PhD
Thesis, University
of Oxford.
John Anthony Bonita, (2000). The Effects of Vibration on the Penetration
Resistance and Pore Water Pressure in Sands. PhD Thesis, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
R.E. May, (1987). A study of the piezocone Penetrometer in normally
consolidated clay. PhD Thesis, Exeter
College.
Computational Geomechanics
J.S. Sharma and M.D. Bolton, (1996). Finite Element Analysis of
Centrifuge Tests on Reinforced Embankments on Soft Clay. Computers and
Geotechnics, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 1-22, Elsevier Science Limited, UK.
M.D Bolton, H.W. Sun, A.M. Britto, (1993). Finite Element Analysis of
Bridge Abutments on Firm Clay. Computers and Geotechnics 15, 221-245,
Crown Copyright, UK.
Tunneling & Underground Construction
Sotirios Vardakos, (2003). Distinct Element Modeling of the Shimizu Tunnel No.3 in Japan. Msc Thesis, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University. Virginia.
Wouter Broere, (2001). Tunnel Face Stability and New CPT Applications.
PhD Thesis, Delft University
of Technology, Delft.
Lily Chow, (1994). The Prediction of Surface Settlements due to Tunneling
in Soft Ground. Msc Thesis, University
of Oxford, Brasenose College.
Environmental Geotechnics
S.J. Watson, D.A. Barry, R.J. Schotting and S.M. Hassanizadeh, (2002). Validation
of classical density-dependent solute transport theory for stable,
high-concentration-gradient brine displacements in coarse and medium
sands. Advances in Water Resources, 25, 611-635, Elsevier Science
Limited, UK.
R.J. Schotting, H. Moser and S.M. Hassanizadeh, (1999). High-concentration-gradient
dispersion in porous media: experiments, analysis and approximations. Advances
in Water Resources Vol. 22, No.7, pp. 665-680. Elsevier Science Ltd, UK.
Zekkos, D., Bray J. D., Athanasopoulos, G.A., Riemer, M. F., Kavazanjian,
E., Founta, X., Grizi, A. (2007), "Compositional and loading rate
effects on the shear strength of Municipal Solid Waste", 4th
International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering,
Thessaloniki, June 25-28, 2007, paper no. 1525.
Geosynthetics
Hany L. Riad, Anthony L. Ricci, Peter W. Osborn, David A. D'Angelo, John
S. Horvath, (2004). Design of Lightweight Fills for Road Embankments on Boston's Central
Artery/Tunnel Project. Proceedings: 5th International Conference on Case
Histories in Geotechnical
Engineering, New York.
Timothy D. Stark, David Arellano, John S. Horvath, Dov Leshchinsky,
(2004). Geofoam Applications in the Design and Construction of Highway
Embankments. National Cooperative
Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web
Document 65 (Project 24-11) & Transportation Research Board of the
National Academies.
John S. Horvath, (2004). Geofoam compressible inclusions: The New
Frontier in Earth retaining structures. American Society of Civil
Engineers Geo- Institute, Geo-Trans, Los Angeles, California.
Timothy D. Stark, David Arellano, John S. Horvath, Dov Leshchinsky,
(2004). Guideline and recommended standard for Geofoam Applications in
Highway Embankments. NCHRP Report 529. National Cooperative Highway Research
Program. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Hany L. Riad, John S. Horvath, (2004). Analysis and Design of EPS-Geofoam
Embankments for Seismic Loading. American Society of Civil Engineers
Geo-Institute, Geo-Trans, Los
Angeles, California.
Engineering Geology
T. Engelder, M.L. Sbar, S. Marshak, R. Plumb, (1978). Near Surface
In-Situ Stress Pattern adjacent to the San Andreas Fault, Palmdale, California.
19th U.S. Symposium on
Rock Mechanics, Stateline,
Nevada, p. 95-100.
Terry Engelder, (1978). Aspects of Asperity-Surface Interaction and
Surface Damage of Rocks during Experimental Frictional Sliding. Pageoph.
Vol. 116, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel.
Terry Engelder, (1979). The Nature of Deformation within the outer limits
of the central Appalachian Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt in New York State. Tectonophysics, 55,
289-310. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Dynamics
Ross W. Boulanger, I.M. Idriss, (2004). Evaluating the potential for
Liquefaction or cyclic failure of silts and clays. Report No.
UCD/CGM-04/01. Center for Geotechnical Modelling, Department of Civil
& Environmental Engineering, University of California
Davis.
R. Kulasingam, R.W. Boulanger, I.M. Idriss, (1999). Evaluation of CPT
Liquefaction Analysis Methods against Inclinometer Data from Moss
landing. Proceedings, 7th US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant
Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures Against Liquefaction,
Technical Report MCEER-99-0019, MCEER, SUNY, Buffalo.
Ross W. Boulanger, (2002). Evaluating Liquefaction Resistance at High
Overburden Stresses. 3rd U.S.
- Japan Workshop on
Advanced Research on Earthquake Engineering for Dams, San Diego, CA.
Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria, (2006). Version 1.4. California
Department of Transportation.
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Geoengineering Events
2-day course in Enhanced In-Situ Testing for
Geotechnical Analyses and Foundation Design, The Georgia Tech Global
Learning Center, 12-13 September 2007, Atlanta, Georgia.
7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics (FMGM),
24-27 September, 2007, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
SUSI 2008. 10th International Conference on High Performance Structures
and Material. 14 - 16 May 2008, Tivoli Almansor Hotel,
Algarve, Portugal.
1st International Conference on Long Time Effects and Seepage Behavior of
Dams (LTESBD08). Hohai University, Nanjing, China,
May 30-June 2, 2008.
Geo-Environment and Landscape Evolution 2008. 3rd International
Conference on Evaluation, Monitoring, Simulation, Management and
Remediation of the Geological Environment and Landscape. 16-18 June 2008,
Ashurst Lodge - the home of the Wessex Institute - The New Forest, UK.
Debris Flow 2008. 2nd International Conference on Debris Flow including
all aspects of Debris Flow Monitoring, Modelling, Hazard Assessment, Mitigation
Measures, Case Studies, and Extreme Events, Erosion, Slope Instability
and Sediment Transport. 18-20 June 2008, Ashurst Lodge - the home of the
Wessex Institute - The New Forest, UK.
2nd International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft Soils - Focus on Ground
Improvement. 3-5 September 2008, University
of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Dead-line for
abstracts is October 31, 2007.
Underground Spaces 2008. 1st International Conference on Underground
Spaces - Design, Engineering and Environmental Aspects. 8 - 10 Septemeber
2008, Ashurst Lodge - the home of the Wessex Institute - The New Forest, UK.
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