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Geoengineer.org Newsletter Issue #36

A publication of Geoengineer.org website

December 2007


Welcome to the last for this year, Issue#36 of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter. The Newsletter features a number of valuable articles, news, announcements and other useful resources.

2007 has been a very productive year for
Geoengineer.org and we are looking forward to an outstanding 2008.

With the year 2007 coming to an end, we would like to invite you to provide us with some feedback about our website and activities, what you liked and what you did not like, as well as ideas for future projects.

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The Winners of the 2007 Geoengineering Photo Contest.

Send photos to participate in the 2008 Photo Contest

The Winners of the 2007 "Geoengineering Photo Contest" who won a Geotechnical Book as a prize for their participation, are:

1st Place: F.B. Samani, MSc, Head of Geotechnics Section, Tamavan Consulting Engineering: sent the most photos for the Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery during 2007.

2nd Place: D.G. Hamer, Project Manager Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors: the lucky winner of the lottery.

More than 200 photos were submitted in 2007. The contest will continue in 2008 so feel free to visit the Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery and submit photos.

Read more details on the Geoengineering Photo Contest


Online Geoengineering Library

A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 811 different recources in 20 sections).

New Additions:

Soil Mechanics

Geology Note No.5: 210-VI. ENG - Soil sample size requirements for soil mechanics laboratory testing, (1991). United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Washington D.C.

G.R. Dasari, M.D. Bolton, C.W.W.N. Ng, (1995). Technical Report No: CUED/D/-SOILS/TR275. Small Strain Measurement using modified LDTs. Cambridge University Engineering Department.

K.J.L. Stone, C.C. Smith, A.N. Schofield, (1995). Technical Report No: CUED/D-SOILS/TR296. A Thermally controlled Test Chamber for Centrifuge and Laboratory Experiments. Cambridge University Engineering Department.

Charles W.W. Ng, (1995). Technical Report No: CUED/D-SOILS/TR282. Measurement of Small Strains using Semiconductors in Centrifuge Tests. Cambridge University Engineering Department.

D.J. White, W.A. Take, (2002). Technical Report No: CUED/D-SOILS/TR322. Geo PIV: Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) software for use in geotechnical testing. Cambridge University Engineering Department.

Rock Mechanics

Sergei A. Stanchits, David A. Lockner, Alexander V. Ponomarev, (2003). Anisotropic Changes in P-Wave Velocity and Attenuation during Deformation and Fluid Infiltration of Granite. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America.

R. Summers, J. Byerlee, (1977). Open-file Report 77- 142. Summary of results of frictional sliding studies, at confining pressures up to 6.98 kb, in selected rock materials. U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey, Office of Earthquake Studies, California.

Paul A. Johnson, Bernard Zinszner, Patrick Raolofosaon, Frederic Cohen-Tenoudji, Koen Van Den Abeele, (2004). Dynamic measurements of the nonlinear elastic parameter in rock under varying conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, B02202. American Geophysical Union.

T.J. Ulrich, K.R. McCall, R.A. Guyer, (2002). Determination of elastic moduli of rock samples using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy. Journal of Acoustical Society. Acoustical Society of America.

J.J. Riedel, J.F. Labuz, (2002). Observations of failure models in Plane Strain Compression. Proceedings of the North American Rock Mechanics Symposium.

Foundation Design

Malcolm Bolton, Andrew Barefoot, (1997). The Variation of critical pipeline trench Back-Fill Properties. Proceedings of IBC Conference on Risk-Based and Limit State Design and Operation of Pipelines, Aberdeen.

Ashraf S. Osman, Malcolm D. Bolton, (2004). A new Approach to the estimation of undrained settlement of shallow foundations on soft clay. Engineering Practice and Performance of Soft Deposits, International Symposium, Osaka.

A.S. Osman, H.C. Yeow, M.D. Bolton, (2004). Estimation of undrained settlement of shallow foundations on London Clay. International Conference on Structural and Foundation Failures, Singapore.

A.S. Osman, M.D. Bolton, (2005). Simple plasticity- based prediction of the undrained settlement of shallow circular foundations on clay. Geotechnique 55, No.6, pp. 435-447.

G.T. Houlsby and C.P. Wroth, (1983). Calculation of Stresses on Shallow Penetrometers and Footings. Proceedings of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). Symposium on Seabed Mechanics, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Environmental Geotechnics

Zekkos D., Bray J.D., Riemer M., Kavazanjian E., Athanasopoulos G. A. (2007). Response of Municipal Solid Waste from Tri-Cities landfill in Triaxial Compression. 11th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Sardinia 2007, 1-5 October 2007.

Geotechnical Investigations & In-situ testing

Soil Mechanics Note No.11, 210-VI, (1984). ENG- The static Cone Penetrometer: The Equipment and using the Data. United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Washington D.C.

R. Phillips, A.J. Valsangkar, (1987). Technical Report No. CUED/D - Soils TR 210. An Experimental Investigation of Factors affecting Penetration Resistance in Granular Soils in Centrifuge Modelling. Cambridge University Engineering Department.

M.D. Bolton, M.W. Gui, (1993). Technical Report No. CUED/D-SOILS/TR256. The Study of Relative Density and Boundary Effects for Cone Penetration Tests in Centrifuge. Cambridge University Engineering Department.

R. Salgado, J.K. Mitchell, M. Jamiolkowski, (1997). Cavity expansion and Penetration Resistance in Sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

R. Salgado, J.K. Mitchell, M. Jamiolkowski, (1998). Calibration Chamber size effects on Penetration Resistance in Sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Ground Improvement

M.R. Dyer, (1985). Observation of the stress distribution in crushed glass with applications to soil reinforcement, Abstract. PhD Thesis, Oxford University Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Science.

Ennio Marques Palmeira, (1987). The Study of Soil- Reinforcement interaction by Means of Large Scale Laboratory Tests, Abstract. PhD Thesis, Oxford University Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Science.

Martin John Pedley, (1990). The Performance of Soil Reinforcement in Bending and Shear, Abstract. PhD Thesis, Oxford University Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Science.

Kouji Tei, (1993). A Study of Soil Nailing in Sand, Abstract. PhD Thesis, Oxford University Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Science.

Jonathan David Morris, (1999). Physical and Numerical Modelling of Grouted Nails in Clay, Abstract. PhD Thesis, Oxford University Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Science.

Dams & Embankments

B. Indraratna, A.S. Balasubramaniam, S. Balachandran, (1992). Performance of Test Embankment constructed to failure on soft Marine Clay. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol.118, No.1, ASCE.

J.C. Chai, D.T. Bergado, (1993). Some techniques for finite element analysis of embankments on soft ground. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 30, pp 710-719.

Baxter Diane Yamane, (2000). Mechanical Behavior of Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Walls. PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Y. Daghigh, (1993). Numerical simulation of dynamic behaviour of an earthdam during seismic loading. PhD Thesis, Delft university, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.

Engineer Manual: 1110-2-1908 CECW-EG, (1995). Engineering and Design: Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and Levees. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington D.C.

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Geoengineer Software Listing

The Geoengineering Software Listing includes programs, spreadsheets and web applications on geotechnical engineering, engineering geology and related fields. (Currently there are 109 programs in 11 categories).

New Additions:

Slope Stability Software Listing

Rock stability, Stability analysis of rock slopes: The program allows selection of sliding along the plane or polygonal slip surfaces.

Various Geoengineering Software Listing

Terrain - Digital model of terrain: The program allows generation of digital terrain model (DTM) from input points, edges and boreholes.

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Geoengineering Forum & Bulletin Board

The Geoengineering Forum & Bulletin Boards were created to satisfy the need for free geo- information dissemination and communication.

Currently our users have posted a total of 467 articles.

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Contributors

Special thanks to:

Samani F.B. , MSc, Head of Geotechnics Section, Tamavan Consulting Engineering.

See our list of contributors


News of our Affiliates

#GEO-07: "Dam Safety Association Presents Annual Awards", submitted by Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), Date: November 27th, 2007.

Fine announces price increase effective January 1, 2008.
USD +25% and EUR +10%
Order before December 31, 2007 to take advantage of our current pricing.

See the latest News of our Affiliates


Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery

The Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery intends to become the largest online collection of photos in geoengineering worldwide. It currently includes 404 photos in 25 albums. You are invited to submit photos for inclusion in our gallery and win geotechnical books as prices.

New Additions:

Album: Landslides
Subalbum: Road Failure during Construction due to Landslide Remobilization, Siah Bisheh village, North Iran.

Album: Engineering Geology
Subalbum: Kuhrang karstic, Iran.

Album: Historical geo-structures
Photo: GEO-339

Album: Bridges
Photo: GEO-340

Album: Earthfill - rockfill dam
SubAlbum: 15 Khurdad Earthfill Dam, Qom - Iran
SubAlbum: 15 Khurdad Earthfill Dam - Construction Stage


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