This paper deals with use of pond ash and RBI Grade 81 for improvement in CBR values of clayey soil and grade-III materials used for base course of flexible pavement. The pond ash is a thermal power plant waste and RBI Grade 81 is chemical soil stabilizer. The geotechnical properties like Maximum Dry Density (MDD), Optimum Moisture Content (OMC), Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS), CBR value...

The aim of the study was to characterize a variety of microstructure development-levels and geotechnical property sequences of the late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits in the Mekong River delta (MRD), and the paper furthermore discusses the influences of delta formation mechanisms on them. The survey associated the geotechnical engineering and the sedimentary geology of the late Pleistocene-Holoc...

The shortage of waste landfill space for waste disposal and the high demand for fill materials for land reclamation projects in Singapore have prompted a study on the feasibility of using spent copper slag as fill material in land reclamation. The physical and geotechnical properties of the spent copper slag were first assessed by laboratory tests, including hydraulic conductivity and shear str...

There is a growing interest world-wide in the development of a rational reliability-based geotechnical design code. The reason for this interest is a least two-fold; first of all, geotechnical engineers face uncertainties which are commonly significantly larger than those faced in other fields of engineering and so there is a need to properly characterize and deal with this uncertainty. Secondl...

This article examines the merits of using finite element analysis versus limit-equilibrium methods for slope design and analysis Geomechanics software used worldwide by geotechnical engineers Article prepared for RocNews Summer 2004 software tools for rock and soil

Kim, Daehyeon, Shin, Youngjin, and Siddiki, Nayyar. “Geotechnical Design Based on CPT and PMT” Final Report FHWA/IN/JTRP-2009/XX, SPR 3106, Joint Transportation Research Program, Purdue University, September 2008

The present work aimed primarily to carry out a synthesis of the nature soil in town Djelfa and develop database existing geological geotechnical data that are available order put them at disposal all potential users, whether scientific or operational. carried consisted collecting organizing on geographical information system. criteria were first identified (allowable stresses, allowable depths...

Beginning of the twentieth century, population growth, urbanization and industrialization has led to depletion of rapidly building areas. Accordingly, each passing day, the opening of the new construction sites has become mandatory. Among these newly opened areas, geotechnical aspects of construction from time to time in areas not suitable for construction and deployment was seen to improve the...

Over the last few years or so, the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) has increased in many areas of engineering. In particular, ANNs have been applied to many geotechnical engineering problems and have demonstrated some degree of success. A review of the literature reveals that ANNs have been used successfully in pile capacity prediction, modelling soil behaviour, site characterisation, ...

1 Pedro Lamas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, [email protected] Abstract The Bologna Process assigns new challenges in higher education and in geotechnical engineering courses in particular. The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a program study, implies reduction of contact hours between tea...