Estimating Clay Liner and Cover Permeability Using Computational Neural Networks
The ability to provide a quick estimate of the permeability value to be expected in laboratory testing (of field samples) would help to predict potential problems in meeting the permeability...
Computer Applications in Liquefaction Analysis
This paper discusses the applications of total and effective stress based computer programs for liquefaction analysis. A total stress based computer program, SHAKE in conjunction with...
Design of Clay Liner Permeability at Laboratory Scale Using Expert Systems
Unlike other soil properties, permeability of compacted clay is highly variable. The large number of parameters that affect permeability of compacted clay renders permeability unpredictable...
An International Knowledge Database for Ground Improvement Geo-Systems
Ground improvement technologies have traditionally played an integral and important role in major geotechnical construction projects throughout the history of civil engineering and selection...
Quality Management of Earthwork Using Knowledge-based Systems
Earthwork is an integral part of many construction projects. It involves cleaning of the site, loading and spreading of soil, and soil compaction and leveling. Heterogeneous orientation...
A Computational Algorithm for Analysis of Rectangular Footings Under Partial Contact with Soil
This paper describes a method to determine the distribution of base pressures under a rectangular footing experiencing partial contact of the footing with soil. Assuming the footing to...
A User Friendly Microcomputer Program for Liquefaction Potential Analysis
A user friendly microcomputer program is introduced to predict earthquake induced liquefaction and its associated settlement for level ground sites....
A Technique to Perform Coupled Consolidation Analysis Using Two Independent Softwares
The consolidation of soils involves two interdependent processes. These are fluid (air and water) flows and the deformation of the soil structure. The two processes tend to be treated...
Analysis of Port Allen Lock in Elastic-Plastic Soil Medium
Incremental finite element analyses using Drucker-Prager plasticity model are applied to study the interaction of Port Allen Lock with its surrounding soil. The analyses not only consider...
Discrete Modeling of Soil-Structure Interaction Under Dynamic Loading
A proposal of discrete modeling useful to describe behavior of structures burried in the ground under air explosion is presented. In the modeling emphasis is laid on determining the space...
Time-related Deflections of Cantilever Bridges
Many prestressed concrete bridges with spans between 100 and 160 m have been built in the Netherlands. The method of construction is the so-called in situ free cantilever construction....
Estimating Sediment Relative Density Using an Impact Core Sampler and Wave Equation-based Pile Analysis
This paper presents a case history in which soil sample drive resistance was modeled with a wave equation-based pile analysis computer program to estimate in situ sediment relative densities...
Automatic, Remote, Multiplexed Geotechnical Measurements with Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) has been employed successfully in geotechnical applications such as monitoring of rock mass deformation in a variety of geometries; however, required operation...
A Computer-Integrated Approach to Teaching Engineering Mechanics
A brief survey is first presented of the evolution of computer hardware and the effect of that evolution on structural software applications and development during the past forty years....
Application of OOP and GUI to the Development of Educational Software in Structural Mechanics
A pilot project on the development of educational software in structural mechanics is reported herein. A computer program for the demonstration of shear, moment, and deflection diagrams...
Teaching Soil Mechanics Laboratories with Computer Assistance
This paper discusses the methods involved in teaching the laboratory section of an undergraduate course in soil mechanics using computer assistance. The lab covered one semester with students...
Practical Solution of the Flexibility to Stiffness Transformation Problem With a Mathematical Assistant for the Personal Computer
This paper will show how a relatively complicated structural mechanics problem can be solved easily with a symbolic manipulation program. Specifically, the authors will demonstrate how...
An Overview of the Analysis and Design Techniques Used on the Main Tunnels of the SSC
Sophisticated numerical analysis and design techniques were devised for the Supercollider in order to produce a design which closely reflected the constraints of the construction processes,...
Prediction of Ground Deformations Due to Excavation-Application to Tunnel Lining Design in Weak Rock
Prediction of ground deformations due to excavations is simulated by three dimensional non-linear finite element analyses. It considers various in-situ ground stress levels, excavation...
Use and Abuse of Settlement Analysis
Terzaghi's concept of settlement analysis included comparison of prediction with reality and investigation of the causes of the differences. Present usage is often limited to prediction....
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