Online Geoengineering Library
A collection of publications available on the internet at
no cost. (Currently 1,322 different resources in 21
sections).
New Additions:
Soil Mechanics
Philip Graham Clark Smith,
(2003). Numerical Analysis of Infiltration into partially
Saturated Soil Slopes. PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, University of London.
Julio
Esteban Colmenares Montanez, (2002). Suction and Volume
Changes of compacted Sand-Bentonite Mixtures. PhD Thesis,
University of London, Imperial College of Science, Technology
and Medicine, Faculty of Engineering.
Radhey Shyam
Sharma, (1998). Mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Highly
Expansive Clays. PhD Thesis, Keble College, University of
Oxford.
R.I. Borja, (2006). On the Mechanical Energy
and Effective Stress in Saturated and Unsaturated Porous
Continua. International Journal of Solids and Structures 43
(2006) 1764-1786, Elsevier Ltd.
M. Kohlmeier, G. Ziefle
and W. Zielke, (2004). Coupling of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical
Processes for the Simulation of partially Saturated Systems.
Proceedings of Fifth Workshop "Porous Media",
Blaubeuren.
Rock Mechanics
E.J.
Garboczi, J.G. Berryman, (1999). New Effective Medium Theory
for the Diffusivity or Conductivity of a Multi-Scale Concrete
Microstructure Model. Concrete Science and
Engineering.
E.S. Muniz, S.A.B. da Fontoura, R.G.
Duarte, R.T.F. Lomba, (2005). ARMA/USRMS 05-816: Evaluation of
the Shale-Drilling Fluid Interaction for Studies of Wellbore
Stability. American Rock Mechanics Association. Alaska Rocks
2205, The 40th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS): Rock
Mechanics for Energy, Mineral and Infrastructure Development
in the Northern Regions, Anchorage, Alaska.
E.S.
Muniz, S.A.B. da Fontoura, R.F.T. Lomba, (2005). SPE 94768-PP:
Rock-Drilling Fluid Interaction Studies on the Diffusion Cell.
Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc. 2005 SPE Latin American
and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
E.M.P. Araujo, J.A.S.C. Pastor,
S.A.B. Fontoura, C. Rabe, (2004). IBP185 04: Wellbore
Stability in Shales Considering Chemo-Poroelastic Effects. Rio
Oil and Gas Expo and Conference 2004, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
E.M.P. Araujo, J.A.S.C. Pastor, S.A.B.
Fontoura, (2004). A Methodology to Enlarge Narrow Stability
Windows. Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference 2004, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
Foundation Design
M.F.
Randolph, G.T. Houlsby, (1984). The Limiting Pressure on a
Circular Pile Loaded Laterally in Cohesive Soil. Geotechnique
34, No. 4, 613- 623.
M.F. Randolph, E.C. Leong, G.T.
Houlsby, (1991). One- Dimensional Analysis of Soil Plugs in
Pipe Piles. Geotechnique 41, No. 4, 587-598.
Thomas
Nilsson, Renato Cunha, (2003). Advantages and Equations for
Pile Design in Brazil via DPL Tests. 2nd International
Conference on Geotechnical Site Characterization, Porto,
Portugal.
S.J. Brandenberg, R.W. Boulanger, B.L.
Kutter, D.W. Wilson, D. Chang, (2004). Load Transfer between
Pile Groups and Laterally Spreading Ground during Earthquakes.
13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver,
Canada.
P. Singh, S.J. Brandenberg, R.W. Boulanger,
B.L. Kutter, (2002). Behavior of Pile Foundations in Liquefied
and Laterally Spreading Ground. ASCE/AEG/UMKC Geotechnical
Conference, University Center, Pierson Auditorium, University
of Missouri at Kansas City.
Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering - Soil Dynamics
M.K. Sharp, R. Dobry,
R. Phillips, (1998). Cone Penetration Modeling in Sand for
Evaluation of Earthquake-Induced Lateral Spreading.
Proceedings of the International Conference Centrifuge 98,
Tokyo, Japan.
M.K. Sharp, R. Dobry. Technique for the
Evaluation of Earthquake-Induced Lateral Spreading. The Asian
Institute of Technology 40th Engineering Conference in
Bangkok, Thailand.
A. Ghahramani, G. Reza Keyvani, M.
Taheri, (1997). Foundation Treatment for Stopping Excessive
Vortex Shedding Vibrations of two 75 meter Stacks. Proceedings
of 14th International Conference in Soil Mechanics,
Hamburg.
C.H. Girsang, (2001). A Numerical
Investigation of the Seismic Response of the Aggregate Pier
Foundation System. Msc Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
C. Guney
Olgun, (2003). Performance of Improved Ground and Reinforced
Soil Structures during Earthquakes - Case Studies and
Numerical Analyses. PhD Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic and State
University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
I.M. Idriss, R.W.
Boulanger, (2003). Report MCEER-03- 0003, 449-468,Technical
Report MCEER-03- 0003: Estimating Ka for Use in Evaluating
Cyclic Resistance of Sloping Ground. Proceedings of the 8th
US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline
Facilities and Countermeasures Against Liquefaction, Tokyo,
Japan.
Engineering Geology
I.L. Meglis,
R.J. Greenfield, T. Engelder, E.K. Graham, (1996). Pressure
Dependence of Velocity and Attenuation and its Relationship to
Crack Closure in Crystalline Rocks. Journal of Geophysical
Research Vol. 101, No. 88, Pages 17,523-17,533. American
Geophysical Union.
T. Engelder, M.R. Gross, P.
Pinkerton, (1997). An Analysis of Joint Development in Thick
Sandstone Beds of the Elk Basin Anticline, Montana-Wyoming.
Fractured Reservoirs: Characterization and Modeling Guidebook.
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists.
J.C. Ruf,
K.A. Rust, T. Engelder, (1998). Investigating the Effect of
Mechanical Discontimuities on Joint Spacing. Tectonophysics
295 (1998) 245-257, Elsevier Science BV.
A.I. Younes,
T. Engelder, W. Bosworth, (1998). Fracture Distribution in
Faulted Basement Blocks: Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Structural
Geology in Reservoir Characterization. Geological Society,
London, Special Publications, 127, 167-190.
T.
Engelder, (1999). Transitional-Tensile Fracture Propagation: A
Status Report. Journal of Structural Geology 21 (1999)
1049-1055. Elsevier Science Ltd.
D.T. McConaughy, T.
Engelder, (1999). Joint Interaction with Embedded Concretions:
Joint Loading Configurations Inferred from Propagation Paths.
Journal of Structural Geology 21 (1999) 1637-1652. Elsevier
Science Ltd.
Computational Geomechanics
J.W. Wang, B. Zhang, T. Nogami, (2004). Wave- Induced
Seabed Response Analysis by Radial Point Interpolation
Meshless Method. Ocean Engineering 31 (2004) 21-42, Elsevier
Ltd.
T. Nogami, W. Wang, J.G. Wang, (2004). Numerical
Method for Consolidation Analysis of Lumpy Clay Fillings with
Meshless Method. Soils and Foundations Vol.44, No.1, 125-142,
Japanese Geotechnical Society.
J.W. Wang, T. Nogami,
G.R. Dasari, P.Z. Lin, (2004). A Weak Coupling Algorithm for
Seabed-Wave Interaction Analysis. Computer Methods in Applied
Mechanics and Engineering 193 (2004) 3935-3956, Elsevier
BV.
B. Chen, X. Peng, J.G. Wang, J. Fan, X. Wu, (2004).
Investigation of Fiber Configurations of Chafer Cuticle by
SEM, Mechanical Modeling and Test of Pullout Forces.
Computational Materials Science 30 (2004) 511-516, Elsevier
BV.
Instrumentation
George Machan and
Victoria G. Bennett, (2008). Transportation Research Circular
E-C129: Use of Inclinometers for Geotechnical Instrumentation
on Transportation Projects - State of the Practice.
Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
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