Online
Geoengineering Library
A collection of publications available on the
internet at no cost. (Currently 873 different resources in 20 sections).
New Additions:
Soil Mechanics
D.J. White, (2002). The measurement of particle size distribution using
the Single Particle Optical Sizing (SPOS) method. Technical Report:
CUED/D-
SOILS/TR321. St. John's College, University of Cambridge.
Rolf Larsson, (1986). Report 29: Consolidation of soft soils. Swedish
Geotechnical Institute (SGI). Linkoping.
Rolf Larsson, (1977). Report 4: Basic bahaviour of Scandinavian soft
clays. Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI). Linkoping.
Rock Mechanics
J.J. Riedel, J.F. Labuz, Shong-Tao Dai, (2003). Plain Strain
Compression of Sandstone under Low Confinement. Proceedings of the
International Workshop on Bifurcations and Instabilities in
Geomechanics. Minneapolis, MN.
J.F. Labuz, J.J. Riedel, S-T. Dai, (2004). Shear Fracture in Sandstone
under Plane-Strain Compression. Submitted to Engineering Fracture
Mechanics.
Foundation Design
J.K. Mangal, G.T. Houlsby, (1999). Partially-drained loading of shallow
foundations on sand. OTC 10991. Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, Texas.
Gordon A. Fenton, D.V. Griffiths, (2002). Probabilistic Foundation
Settlement on a Spatially Random Soil. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Dynamics
Scott M. Olson, Russell A. Green, Stephen F. Obermeier, (2003).
Geotechnical Analysis of Paleoseismic Shaking using Liquefaction
features: Part I Major updating of techniques for Analysis. US.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-307. USGS Science for a changing
world.
Phetmano P. Phannavong, Majid T. Manzari, (2003). Earthquake Induced
Hydraulic Fracturing and Delayed Liquefaction in Heterogeneous
Saturated Soils. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, July 16-18
2003, University of Washington, Seattle.
Environmental Geotechnics
Sharon Czarina Escoriaza, (2005). Bio-Reactive Landfill Covers: An
Inexpensive approach to mitigate methane emissions. MSC Thesis,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Florida State
University.
Xiaoli Liu, (2004). Design of cost-effective lysimeter for field
evaluation of alternative cover projects using Hydrys 2D Simulation.
MSC Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The
Florida State University.
Oyanader-Rivera Mario A., (2004). Physicochemical and Hydrodynamics
aspects of Electrokinetics in Soil Remedation. PhD Thesis, Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Florida State University.
Geotechnical Investigations & In-situ testing
Salgado R., Jamiolkowski M. and Mitchell J.K., (1998). Penetration
Resistance in Sands: Analysis and Applications to Liquefaction
Potential Assessment and Estimation of Pile Base Resistance. Rivista
Italiana di Geotecnica, September/December XXXII(4), 5-17.
Salgado R. and Randolph M.F., (2001). Analysis of Cavity Expansion in
Sand. International Journal of Geomechanics, 1(2), 175-192.
Salgado R., Mitchell J.K. and Jamiolkowski M., (1998). Calibration
Chamber Size Effects on Penetration Resistance in Sand. Journal of
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 124 (9),
September, 878-888.
Ground Improvement
J.A. Scarborough, G.M. Filz, J.M. Mitchell, T.L. Brandon, E.J. Hoppe,
S.L. Hite. Design of high reinforced embankments constructed with poor
quality soil and degradable shale.
J.E. Sankey, P. Segrestin. Evaluation of seismic performance in
Mechanically Stabilized Earth Structures.
R.D. Barksdale, R.C. Bachus, (1983). Design and Construction of Stone
Columns Volume I. Report No: FHWA/RD-83/026. Federal Highway
Administration, Office of Engineering and Highway Operations, Research
and Development, Washington D.C.
Tunneling & Underground Construction
Ing. Václav Krch, Ing. Radko Rieger, (2007). Myslbekova Street -
Prasny
Bridge Section of the City Circle Road - Primary and Secondary Tunnel
Lining Design Methodology. Magazine of the Czech Tunnelling Committee
and Slovac Tunnelling Association ITA/AITES. ITA-AITES World Tunnel
Congress 2007 - "Underground Space - the 4th Dimension of Metropolises"
& the 33rd ITA-AITES GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Prague, Czech Republic.
A.R. Koelewijn, (2001). Numerical Analysis of Soft Soil Tunnelling. PhD
Thesis, Delft university, Department of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences.
R.B.J. Brinkgreve and W. Broere, (2003). The influence of tunnel boring
on foundations of buildings in urban areas - a numerical study.
Proceeings of International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft Soils,
pages 257 - 263. VGE, Essen.
S. Psomas, G.T. Houlsby, (2002). Soil conditioning for EPBM tunnelling:
compressibility behaviour of foam/sand mixtures. 3rd International
Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft
Ground, Toulouse, 23-25 October.
Dams & Embankments
Sam Johansson, (1997). Seepage Monitoring in Embankment Dams. PhD
Thesis, Division of Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology. Stockholm,
Sweden.
Engineering Geology
D.U. Wise, D.E. Dunn, J.T. Engelder, P.A. Geiser, R.D. Hatcher, S.A.
Kish, A.L. Odom, S. Schamel, (1984). Fault-related rocks: Suggestions
for terminology. Geology v.12, p. 391-394.
Terry Engelder, Gerhard Oertel, (1985). Correlation between abnormal
pore pressure and tectonic jointing in the Devonian Catskill Delta.
Geology, v. 13, pp. 863-
866.
Geosynthetics
David J. Kerkes, (1999). Analysis of equipment loads on Geocomposite
Liner Systems. Example Spreadsheet. Proceedings of the Geosynthetics
'99 Conference, IFAI, Boston, MA, pp 1043-1054.
H. Girard, S. Fisher, E. Alonso, (1990). Problems of Friction posed by
the use of Geomembranes on Dam Slopes -- Examples and Measurements.
Geotextiles and Geomembranes 9 (1990) 129-143, Elsevier Science
Publishers Ltd, England.
K. Badu-Tweneboah, N.D. Williams, D.W. Haubeil, (1994). Assessment of a
PVC Geomembrane used in a Landfill Cover System. 5th International
Conference on Geotextiles, Geomembranes and Related Products,
Singapore.
Jessee A. Scarborough, George M. Filz, James K. Mitchell, Thomas L.
Brandon, Edward J. Hoppe, Stanley L. Hite. Design of high reinforced
embankments constructed with poor quality soil and degradable shale.
Computational Geomechanics
Sotirios Vardakos, (2003). Distinct Element Modeling of the Shimizu
Tunnel No.3 in Japan. MSC Thesis, Department of Geotechnical
Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
D. Robertson, M.D. Bolton, (2001). DEM simulations of crushable grains
and soils. 4th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular
Media (Powders & Grains 2001), Sendai, Japan.
