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Geoengineering Library
A collection of publications available on the
internet at no cost. (Currently 1032 different resources in 20
sections).
New Additions:
Rock Mechanics
P. Gorog, Z. Papay and A. Torok. Hazards of quarrying activity: A
finite element modelling og human-induced risk of land subsidence above
cellar systems cut into porous limestone. Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Department of Construction Materials and
Engineering Geology, Budapest, Hungary.
James R. Rice, (2000). New Perspectives on Crack and Fault Dynamics.
Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics, 27 Aug - 2 Sept 2000, Chicago.
Marinos P. and Hoek E., (2006). The construction of the Egnatia Highway
through unstable slopes in northern Greece. Proceedings of the XI
Conference on Rock Mechanics, Turin, November 2006.
Marinos P., Hoek E., Marinos V., (2006). Variability of the engineering
properties of rock masses quantified by the geological strength index:
the case of ophiolites with special emphasis on tunnelling. Bulletin of
Engineering Geology and the Environment , 65/2, 129-
142.
Hoek E. and Diederichs M.S., (2006). Empirical estimation of rock mass
modulus. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences,
43, 203-215. Elsevier Ltd.
Foundation Design
R.P. Cunha, P. Kuklik, J. Laurin. Numerical evaluation of deep
foundations in a tropical soil of Brazil.
R. P. Cunha, P. Kuklik, (2002). Experimental and Numerical Analyses of
Bored Pile Foundations in a Tropical Soil. Inzenyrskz mechanika. 2002,
vol. 9, no. 1/2, s. 91-98. ISSN 1210-2717.
Gordon A. Fenton, D.V. Griffiths, (2000). Bearing Capacity of Spatially
Random Soils. 8th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics
and Structural Reliability.
Gordon A. Fenton, G.M. Paice, D.V. Griffiths, (1996). Probabilistic
Analysis of Foundation Settlement. Proceedings of the ASCE Uncertainty
96 Conference, Uncertainty in the Geological Environment, From Theory
to Practice, Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 651--665, Aug. 1996.
R. Salgado, A.V. Lyamin, S.W. Sloan, H.S. Yu, (2004). Two and
Three-Dimensional Bearing Capacity of Foundations in Clay. Geotechnique
54, No.5, pp. 297-
306.
Junhwan Lee, Rodrigo Salgado, (2005). Estimation of Bearing Capacity of
Circular Footings on Sands Based on Cone Penetration Test. Journal of
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil
Dynamics
S.S. Park and P.M. Byrne, (2004). Practical Constitutive Model for Soil
Liquefaction. International Symposium on Numerical Models in
Geomechanics (NUMOG IX), pp 181-186.
M. Seid-Karbasi, P.M. Byrne, E. Naesgaard, S. Park, D. Wijewickreme, R.
Phillips, (2005). Response of Sloping Ground with Liquefiable Materials
during an Earthquake: a class A prediction. 11th IACMAC conference,
Italy.
E. Naesgaard, P.M. Byrne, M. Seid-Karbasi, S.S. Park, (2005). Modeling
Flow Liquefaction, its Mitigation and Comparison with Centrifuge Tests.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Satellite Conference Osaka, Japan.
Mehdi Bahrekazemi, (2004). Train-Induced Ground Vibration and Its
Prediction. PhD Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm,
KTH, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Environmental Geotechnics
Richard Thiel, Mark E. Smith, (2003). State of the Practice Review of
Heap Leach Pad Design Issues. Proceedings of the 17th Annual GRI
Conference Hot Topics in Geosynthetics - IV, presented in Las Vegas,
NV, Dec. 15, 2003, Geosynthetics Institute, Folsom, PA.
Richard Thiel, (2001). Unique Inflated Pond Cover Using Reinforced
Flexible Polypropylene. Proceedings to Geosynthetics 2001, IFAI,
Roseville, MN. Conference held in Portland, OR in February 2001, pp.
337-348.
R. Kerry Rowe, (1990). Fractured Till: Its Implications for Contaminant
Impact Assessment. Engineering in our Environment. Proceedings of the
Annual Conference and 1st Biennial Environmental Specialty Conference,
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Hamilton, pp. I-667-I-685.
R.K. Rowe, (1991). Leachate Detection or Hydraulic Control: Two Design
Options. Proceedings Sardinia 91, 3rd International Landfill Symposium,
Italy, pp. 979-
987. CISA, Environmental Sanitary Engineering Centre, Cagliari, Italy.
Hafiz Ahmad, (2004). Evaluation and Enhancement of Electro-Kinetic
Technology for Remediation of Chromium Copper Arsenic from Clayey Soil.
PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The
Florida State University, College of Engineering.
Geotechnical Investigations & In-situ testing
Fernando Schnaid, (1990). A Study of the Cone-
Pressuremeter Test in Sand. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford, Magdalen
College.
Hai-Sui Yu, (1990). Cavity Expansion Theory and its Application to the
Analysis of Pressuremeters. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford, St.
Anne's College.
Nigel Robert Forbes Nutt, (1993). Development of the Cone
Pressuremeter. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford, St. Catherine's
College.
Mitsuhiro Yao, (1996). A Study of the Effect of Length to Diameter
Ratio on the Results of Pressuremeter Tests. MSc Thesis, University of
Oxford, Wolfson College.
G.T. Houlsby, N.J. Withers, (1988). Analysis of the Cone Pressuremeter
Test in Clay. Geotechnique 38, No.4, pp. 575-587.
Geophysical Exploration
Jacob R. Sheehan, William E. Doll and Wayne A. Mandell, (2005). An
Evaluation of Methods and Available Software for Seismic Refraction
Tomography Analysis. Journal of Environmental & Engineering
Geophysics; March 2005; Vol. 10; pp. 21-
34.
Dennis R. Hiltunen, Nick Hudyma, Timothy P. Quigley, Chandra Samakur,
(2006). Ground Proving Three Seismic Refraction Tomography Programs.
Geophysics 2006 conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Ground Improvement
K. Omine, H. Ochiai, M.D. Bolton, (1999). Homogenization method for
numerical analysis of improved ground with cement-treated soil columns.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Dry Mix Methods for Deep
Soil Stabilization, Stockholm, 161-168.
Stefan Larsson, (2003). Mixing Processes for Ground Improvement by Deep
Mixing. PhD thesis, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, KTH,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
H. Mitrani, S.P.G. Madabhushi, (2006). Technical Report:
CUED/D-SOILS/TR.345 (2006). Use of inclined micro-piles as a
liquefaction remediation method for existing buildings - Data report on
centrifuge tests MP1, MP2 and MP3. Cambridge University Engineering
Department.
Joo Chai Wong, (2004). Seismic Bahavior of Micropiles. MSc Thesis,
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State
University.
Sathishbalamurugan Murugaiah, (2004). Numerical Simulation of the
Performance of Sand Columns. MSc Thesis, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Washington State University.
Tunneling & Underground Construction
H. Netzel, (2002). Full Scale Test on the Building Response due to
TBM-Tunnelling in Dutch Soft Soil. Proceedings of the 2nd International
Conference on Soil Structure Interaction in Urban Civil Engineering,
Zurich.
H. Netzel, F.J. Kaalberg, (2001). Monitoring of the North/South
Metroline in Amsterdam. CIRIA Conference, The response of buildings to
excavation induced ground movement, London.
H. Netzel, F.J. Kaalberg, (2001). Settlement Risk Assessment of the
North-South Metroline in Amsterdam. CIRIA Conference, The response of
buildings to excavation induced ground movement, London.
Hoek E., Carranza-Torres C., Diederichs M.S. and Corkum B., (2008). The
2008 Kersten Lecture: Integration of geotechnical and structural design
in tunnelling. Proceedings University of Minnesota 56th Annual
Geotechnical Engineering Conference. Minneapolis, 29 February 2008,
1-53.
Hoek E., Marinos P., Kazilis N., Angistalis G., Rahaniotis N., Marinos
V., (2006). Greece's Egnatia Highway Tunnels. Tunnels & Tunnelling
International, September 2006, 32-35.
Goricki A., Rachaniotis N., Hoek E., Marinos P., Tsotsos St., Schubert
W. (2006). Support Decision Criteria for Tunnels in Fault Zones.
Proceedings of the 55th Geomechanics Colloquium, Salsberg. Felsbau,
24/5.
Dams & Embankments
Zhaohui Yang, Ahmed Elgamal, Korhan Adalier, Michael K. Sharp, (2004).
Earth Dam on Liquefiable Foundation and Remediation: Numerical
Simulation of Centrifuge Experiments. Journal of Engineering Mechanics,
ASCE.
Ahmed Elgamal, Zhaohui Yang, Korhan Adalier, Michael Sharp, (2003).
Effect of Rigid Container Size on Dynamic Earth Dam Response in
Centrifuge Experiments. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,
University of Washington, Seattle.
Semih Kucukarslan, (2003). Dam-Reservoir Interaction including the
Reservoir Bottom Effects in Time Domain. 16th ASCE Engineering
Mechanics Conference, University of Washington, Seattle.
Retaining Walls - Mechanically Stabilized Walls
(MSE)
A. Sieminska-Lewandowska, M. Mitew-Czajewska, (2007). Design of
diaphragm walls according to EN 1997-1:2004 Eurocode 7. XIV European
Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(ECSMGE 2007), 10/2007, Madrid, Spain.
R. P. Cunha, A.G.B. Medeiros, C.M. Silva, (2005). Design and
Construction Aspects of the Largest "Pile Curtain" Retaining Structure
Built in the Tropical Soil of the Brazilian Central Area. Geoshanghai
2006 - December 05.
Landslides - Slope Stability
Peter Gorog & Akos Torok, (2007). Slope stability assessment of
weathered clay by using field data and computer modelling: a case study
from Budapest. Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
Department of Construction Materials and Engineering Geology, Budapest,
Hungary. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 7, 417-
422, 2007.
Peter Gorog & Akos Torok, (2006). Stability problems of abandoned
clay pits in Budapest. IAEG2006 Paper number 295, The Geological
Society of London 2006.
Engineering Geology
Stephen Marshak, Terry Engelder, (1987). Exposures of the Hudson Valley
Fold-Thrust Belt, west of Catskill, New York. Geological Society of
America Centennial Filed Guide - Northeastern Section.
Terry Engelder, Stephen Marshak, (1988). Chapter 10: Analysis of Data
from Rock-Deformation Experiments. Basic Methods of Structural Geology,
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 193-212.
R.D. Hatcher, A.L. Odom, T. Engelder, D.E. Dunn, D.U. Wise, P.A.
Geiser, S. Schamel, S.A. Kish, (1988). Characterization of Appalachian
faults. Geology, V.16, p. 178-181.
Terry Engelder, (1988). An Experimental Study of Permeability and Fluid
Chemistry in an Artificially Jointed Marble. Journal of Geophysical
Research, Vol.93, No.B11, pp. 13.763-13.775. American Geophysical Union.
Terry Engelder, (1989). Analysis of pinnate joints in the Mount Desert
Island granite: Implications for postintrusion kinematics in the
coastal volcanic belt, Maine. Geology, Vol.17, pp.564-567.
Geosynthetics
R. Thiel, S. Purdy, R. Yazdani, (2003). Case History of Exposed
Geomembrane Cover for Bioreactor Landfill. Proceedings for Sardinia '03
Ninth International Landfill Symposium, Oct. 2003.
R.S. Thiel, K. Criley, (2003). Hydraulic Conductivity of a GCL Under
Various High Effective Confining Stresses for Three Different
Leachates. Geosynthetics International.
Richard Thiel, Kent von Maubeuge, (2002). Current Industry Performance
and Construction Issues Related to GCLs. Proceedings of the 16th GRI
Conference on Hot Topics in Geosynthetics II. Geosynthetic Institute,
Folsom, PA, December 16-17, pp. 227-241.
Richard Thiel, (2001). Peak vs. Residual Shear Strength for Landfill
Bottom Liner Stability Analyses. Proceedings of the 15th Annual GRI
Conference Hot Topics in Geosynthetics - II, presented in Houston, TX,
Dec. 13, 2001, Geosynthetics Institute, Folsom, PA, pp. 40-70.
Computational Geomechanics
Anjos G.J.M., Cunha R.P., Kuklik P., Miroslav B., (2006). Numerical
evaluation of bored piles in tropical soils by means of the
geo-technical Engineering "GEO4" Fine Software. III European Conference
on Computational Mechanics Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in
Engineering C.A. Mota Soares et.al. (eds.) Lisbon, Portugal, 5-8 June
2006.
J. Pruska. Comparison of geotechnic softwares - Geo FEM, Plaxis,
Z-Soil. Proceedings of the XIII ECSMGE, Vanieek et al. (eds). EGtS,
Prague, ISBN 80-86769-01-
1, (Vol. 2).
Murray Fredlund, Jason Stianson, Maritz Rykaart, (2003). Automatic Mesh
Refinement in the SVFlux and ChemFlux Software Packages. UNSAT Asia
2003.
