The construction of linear transport infrastructure has severe effects on ecosystem functions and properties, and the restoration of the associated roadslopes contributes to reduce its impact. This restoration is usually approached from the perspective of plant cover regeneration, ignoring plant-soil interactions and the consequences for plant growth. The addition of a 30 cm layer of topsoil is...

New and existing components of retaining structures are often combined in the width section. When combining design use requirements new structures, synergistic interactions between working conditions require clarification. In conjunction with an actual project, a sheet pile wall consisting is proposed to retain embankment. Indoor model tests were carried out simulate excavation compaction inves...

Our Moon is a potential indicator of a possible alien presence near the Earth at some time during the past 4 billion years. To ascertain the presence of alien artifacts, a survey for ruinlike formations on the Moon has been carried out as a precursor to lunar archaeology. Computer algorithms for semi-automatic, archaeological photo-reconnaissance are discussed. About 80,000 Clementine lunar orb...

Inclusion of time-dependent effects in flood risk analysis is useful to inform inspection and maintenance strategies. Several deterioration processes are incorporated in a reliability analysis of an earth embankment along the Thames Estuary based on multiple failure modes. Also, a biavariate gamma process model is developed to take correlated deterioration processes into account. That model is ...

Mechanistic pavement design procedures based on elastic layer theory require characterization of all pavement layer materials including subgrade soil. This paper discusses the subgrade stiffness obtained from a new compaction device called the Intelligent Compaction (IC) roller on highway embankment projects in Kansas. Three test sections on two routes were compacted using a single, smooth stee...

Abstract In the present study, using instrumentation data regarding vertical and horizontal displacement of dam have been analyzed. Also, largest most critical section Marvak earth is modeled with behavioral model Mohr–Coulomb by GeoStudio software. Numerical modeling has done considering actual embankment conditions to analyze changes immediate settlement during construction consolidation just...

Movement of sand particles in nature creates many problems for humans. One of these problems is deposition of particles on rails that decrease the speed of the train or in some cases hampers the reversal of the train rails. In this paper the motion of sand particles over a railway track embankment, and how these particles settle on railway tracks are investigated. Moreover,the performance of di...