Online
Geoengineering Library
A collection of publications available on the
internet at no cost. (Currently 1188 different resources in 20
sections).
New Additions:
Soil Mechanics
Murray D. Fredlund, (1998). Unsaturated Seepage Modeling Made Easy.
Geotechnical News, June 1998. Bitech Publishers, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Murray D. Fredlund, G. Ward Wilson, Delwyn G. Fredlund, (2002). Use of
the grain-size distribution for estimation of the soil-water
characteristic curve. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 39:1103-1117
(2002), NRC Canada.
Rock Mechanics
A.S.K. Elkadi, (2005). Fracture scaling of concrete under multiaxial
compression. PhD thesis in Civil Engineering, Delft University of
Technology, Netherlands.
R.I. Borja, R.A. Regueiro, T.Y. Lai, (2000). FE Modeling of Strain
Localization in Soft Rock. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 4, April 2000. ASCE.
M. Gutierrez and R. Hickman, (2003). Modeling of Soft Rock-Fluid
Interaction as Acceleration of Time-
Dependent Behavior. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, July
16-18 2003, University of Washington, Seattle.
Athanasios D. Tzamtzis, (2003). Finite Element Modeling of Cracks and
Joints in Discontinuous Structural Systems. 16th ASCE Engineering
Mechanics Conference, July 16-18 2003, University of Washington,
Seattle.
Foundation Design
Gue See Sew, (1984). Ground Heave Around Driven Piles in Clay. PhD
Thesis, University of Oxford.
Keith Martin Evans, (1987). A Model Study of the End Bearing Capacity
of Piles in Layered Calcareous Soils. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford.
Matthew R. Coop, (1987). The Axial Capacity of Driven Pilesin Clay. PhD
Thesis, University of Oxford.
A.R. Chaudhry, (1994). Static Pile-Soil- Pile Interaction in Offshore
Pile Groups. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Dynamics
S.F. Obermeier, S.M. Olson, R.A. Green, (2005). Field Occurrences of
Liquefaction-Induced Features: A Primer for Engineering Geologic
Analysis of Paleoseismic Shaking. Engineering Geology 76 (2005)
209-234. Elsevier B.V.
S.M. Olson, T.D. Stark, (2003). Use of Laboratory Data to Confirm Yield
and Liquefied Strength Ratio Concepts. Canadian Geotechnical Journal
40: 1164-
1184 (2003). NRC Canada.
S.M. Olson, T.D. Stark, (2002). Liquefied Strength Ratio from
Liquefaction Flow Failure Case Histories. Canadian Geotechnical Journal
39: 629-647 (2002). NRC Canada.
S.F. Obermeier, E.C. Pond, S.M. Olson, R.A. Green, (2002).
Paleoliquefaction Studies in Continental Settings. Geological Society
of America, Special Paper 359, pp. 13-27.
Environmental Geotechnics
Zekkos D., Bray J.D. and Riemer M.F., (2008). Shear Modulus and
Material Damping of Municipal Solid Waste Based on Large-Scale Cyclic
Triaxial Testing. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2008,
pp. 45-58.
Geotechnical Investigations & In-situ testing
N.R.F. Nutt, G.T. Houlsby, (1995). Time Dependent Behaviour of Sand
from Pressuremeter Tests. The Pressuremeter and its New Avenues,
Ballivy (ed.), Balkema Rotterdam.
Engineer Manual CECW-EG, EM 1110-1-1802, (1995). Engineering and
Design: Geophysical Exploration for Engineering and Environmental
Investigations. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington D.C.
Mats Svensson, Bjorn Moller, (2001). Varia 508: Geophysics in soil
mechanics - in situ shear moduli determined by SASW-technique and more
traditional geotechnical methods. Swedish Geotechnical Institute,
Linkoping.
Tunneling & Underground Construction
Benoit David Jones, (2007). Stresses in Sprayed Concrete Tunnel
Junctions. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
University of Southampton, School of Civil Engineering and the
Environment.
Dams & Embankments
H. Girard, S. Fischer, 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, Engalnd.
J.M. Duncan, T.D. Stark, (1989). The Causes of the 1981 Slide in San
Luis Dam. 27th Henry M. Shaw Lecture in Civil Engineering. Department
of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
J.M. Benoist, R. Murthy, (2005). Embankment Dams in Earth Fissure Risk
Zones - A Regulator's Dilemma. ASDSO 22nd Annual Conference, Orlando,
Florida, Association of State Dam Safety Officials.
Engineering Geology
R.A. Plumb, K.F. Evans, T. Engelder, (1991). Geophysical Log Responses
and Their Correlation With Bed-to Bed Stress Contrasts in Paleozoic
Rocks, Appalachian Plateau, New York. Journal of Geophysical Research,
Vol. 96, No. B9, pp. 14.509-
14.528, August 10, 1191. American Geophysical Union.
Computational Geomechanics
R.J. Hickman, M.S. Gutierrez, (2003). Influence of Implicit Integration
Schemes on Prediction of Shear Band Formation. 16th ASCE Engineering
Mechanics Conference, July 16-18, 2003, University of Washington,
Seattle.
R.A. Regueiro, M.T. Manzari, (2003). Post-Failure Analysis of
Geomaterials with Strong Discontinuities. 16th ASCE Engineering
Mechanics Conference, July 16-18, 2003, University of Washington,
Seattle.
C. Choi, P. Arduino, (2003). Implicit Numerical Integration of
Constitutive Relations Using Object-
Oriented-Programming. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, July
16-18, 2003, University of Washington, Seattle.
V.P. Panoskaltsis, D. Panneerselvam, (2003). Viscoelastic
Regularization of Solutions in Strain Softening Materials. 16th ASCE
Engineering Mechanics Conference, July 16-18, 2003, University of
Washington, Seattle.
