Online
Geoengineering Library
A collection of publications available on the
internet at no cost. (Currently 1258 different resources in 20
sections).
New Additions:
Soil Mechanics
M.D. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson, D.G. Fredlund, (1997). Estimation of
Hydraulic Properties of an Unsaturated Soil Using A Knowledge-Based
System. Proceedings of Characterization and Measurement of the
Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Porous Media, Riverside,
California.
M.D. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson, D.G. Fredlund, (1997). Indirect Procedures
to Determine Unsaturated Soil Property Functions. Proceedings of the
50th Canadian Geotechnical Conference Golden Jubilee Conference,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
M.D. Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson, (1997). Estimation of
Unsaturated Soil Properties Using A Knowledge-Based System. ASCE 4th
Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
M.D. Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson, (1997). Prediction of the
Soil-Water Characteristic Curve from Grain-Size Distribution and
Volume-Mass Properties. 3rd Brazilian Symposium on Unsaturated Soils,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
M.D. Fredlund, W.S. Sillers, D.G. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson, (1996). Design
of a Knowledge-Based System For Unsaturated Soil Properties. 3rd
Canadian Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering,
Montreal, Quebec.
Rock Mechanics
M.S. Diederichs, P.K. Kaiser, (1999). Tensile strength and abutment
relaxation as failure control mechanisms in underground excavations.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 36 (1999)
69-96. Elsevier Science Ltd. Pergamon.
M.S. Diederichs, P.K. Kaiser, (1999). Stability of large excavations in
laminated hard rock masses: the voussoir analogue revisited.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 36 (1999)
97-
117. Elsevier Science Ltd. Pergamon.
Ferronato Massimiliano, Gambolati Giuseppe, Teatini Pietro, Bau
Domenico, (2003). Stochastic compressibility in land subsidence
modeling. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, July 16-18 2003,
University of Washington, Seattle.
J.G. Berryman, (2003). Scale-Up in Poroelastic Systems and Applications
to Reservoirs. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, July 16-18
2003, University of Washington, Seattle.
Shailesh Ekbote, Younane Abousleiman, (2003). Poromechanics Stability
Analyses for Inclined Wellbores under Non-isothermal Conditions in
Chemically Active Formations. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, July 16-18 2003, University of Washington, Seattle.
Foundation Design
Thasnanipan N., Teparaksa W., Maung A.W., Ganeshan B., (1998). Design,
Construction and Behavior of Bored Cast In-Situ Concrete Piles in
Bangkok Subsoils. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on
Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louise, Missouri,
U.S.A., p.p.281-287.
Thasnanipan N., Tangseng P., Anwar M.A., (1998). Large Diameter Bored
Piles in Multi-Layered Soils of Bangkok. Proceedings of the 3rd
International Geotechnical Seminar on Deep Foundation on Bored and
Auger Piles BAP III, Ghent, Belgium. p.p. 511-518.
Thasnanipan N., Baskaran G., Anwar M.A., (1998). Effect of Construction
Time and Bentonite Viscosity on Shaft Capacity of Bored Piles.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Geotechnical Seminar on Deep
Foundation on Bored and Auger Piles BAP III, Ghent, Belgium. p.p.
171-177.
Teparaksa W., Thasnanipan N., Anwar M. A., (1999). Base Grouting of Wet
Process bored Piles in Bangkok Subsoil. Proceedings of the 11th Asian
Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
Seoul, Korea, p.p. 269-272.
N. Thasnanipan, M. A. Anwar, Maung A.W, (1999). Review of the Shaft
Capacity Degradation of Bored Piles Constructed with Bentonite Slurry.
6th Cycle Celebration of His Majesty the King of Thailand and 40th
Anniversary of the Asian Institute of Technology. Civil and
Environmental Engineering Conference New Frontiers and Challenges,
Bangkok, Thailand, p.p. V-
59 to V-68.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Dynamics
S.M. Olson, T.D. Stark, (2001). Liquefaction Analysis of Lower San
Fernando Dam using Strength Ratios. Proceedings of the 4th
International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of Professor W.D.
Liam Finn, San Diego, California. Paper No. 4.05.
S.M. Olson, R.A. Green, S.F. Obermeier, (2003). U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 03-307: Geotechnical Analysis of Paleoseismic Shaking
using Liquefaction Features: Part I Major Updating of Techniques for
Analysis.
S.M. Olson, (2001). Liquefaction Analysis of Level and Sloping Ground
using Field Case Histories and Penetration Resistance. PhD Thesis,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
S.F. Obermeier, E.C. Pond, S.M. Olson, R.A. Green, T.S. Stark, J.K.
Mitchell, (2001). Paleoliquefaction Studies in Continental Settings:
Geologic and Geotechnical Factors in Interpretations and Back-
Analysis. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-
29.
Navaratnarajah Sasiharan, (2006). Mechanics of Dilatancy and its
Application to Liquefaction. PhD Thesis, Washington State University,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Geotechnical Investigations & In-situ Testing
G.T. Houlsby, (1999). In Situ Tests and the Pre-failure Deformation
Bahaviour of Soils. Invited Report, Proceedings of the 2nd
International Symposium, on Pre-Failure Deformation Characteristics of
Geomaterials, Torino, 26-29 September, Balkema.
Soil Mechanics Note No.2: Lightweight Piston Sampler for Soft Soils and
Loose Sands, (1969). United States Department of Agriculture, Soil
Conservation Service, Engineering Division, Soil Mechanics Unit.
Salgado, R., Drnevich, V.P., Ashmawy, A., Grant, W.P., Vallenas, P.,
(1997). Interpretation of Large-Strain Seismic Cross-Hole Tests.
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(4),
April, 382-388.
Jan van der Kruk, (2001). Three-dimensional imaging of multi-component
ground penetrating radar data. PhD Thesis, Delft university, Department
of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
Jaana Aaltonen, (2001). Ground Monitoring using Resistivity
Measurements in Glaciated Terrains. PhD Thesis, Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, KTH, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering.
Engineering Geology
J.T. Leftwich, T. Engelder, (1994). Chapter 8: The Characteristics of
Geopressure Profiles in the Gulf of Mexico Basin. Basin Compartments
and Seals, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 61, p.
119-129.
S.D. Weedman, A.L. Guber, T. Engelder, (1994). Chapter 6: Deep Pressure
Seal in the Lower Tuscaloosa Formation, Louisiana Gulf Coast. Basin
Compartments and Seals, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Memoir 61, p. 87-95.
Maria Luisa Arboleya, Terry Engelder, (1995). Concentrated slip zones
with subsidiary shears: their development on three scales in the Cerro
Brass fault zone, Appalachian Valley and Ridge. Journal of Structural
Geology, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 519-532. Elsevier Science Ltd, Great
Britain.
M.P. Fischer, R.B. Alley, T. Engelder, (1995). Fracture toughness of
ice and firn determined from the modified ring test. Journal of
Glaciology, Vol. 41, No. 138.
M.P. Fischer, M.R. Gross, T. Engelder, R.J. Greenfield, (1995).
Finite-Element analysis of the stress distribution around a pressurized
crack in a layered elastic medium: implications for the spacing of
fluid-driven joints in bedded sedimentary rock. Tectonophysics 247
(1995) 49-64. Elsevier Science B.V.
Computational Geomechanics
O.M. Heeres, (2001). Modern Strategies for the Numerical Modeling of
the Cyclic and Transient Behavior of Soils. PhD Thesis, Delft
University, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
J.G. Wang, G.R. Liu, Y.G. Wu, (2001). A point interpolation method for
simulating dissipation process of consolidation. Computer Methods in
Applied Mechanics and Engineering , 190 (2001) 5907-5922. Elsevier
Science B.V.
J.G. Wang, G.R. Liu, (2002). A point interpolation meshless method
based on radial basis functions. International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Engineering 2002; 54:1623-1648. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
J.G. Wang, G.R. Liu, P. Lin, (2002). Numerical Analysis of Biot's
consolidation process by radial point interpolation method.
International Journal of Solids and Structures 39 (2002) 1557-1573.
Elsevier Science Ltd.
J.G. Wang, G.R. Liu, (2002). On the optimal shape parameters of radial
basis functions used for 2-D meshless methods. Computer Methods in
Applied Engineering 191 (2002) 2611-2630. Elsevier Science B.V.
