An Application of Probability to Rock Slope Design
This paper describes the use of probability and statistics in the slope design process. An example is presented of a high rock slope in an open pit mine. This slope is a major concern...
Probability Applied to Slope Design?Case Histories
A major problem encountered with the choice of an appropriate value for the design probability. Initial experience, obtained during open-pit investigation, suggested that slope geometry...
Regulatory Reform in Alaska: An Oil Industry Perspective
The State of Alaska recently implemented regulatory reform procedures to streamline the permitting process and ease the regulatory burden on the regulated community, as well as the burden...
Experimental Study on Sandbag Stability and Runup
Sandbag model tests are performed in a wave flume to examine the effects of berm-type slopes on the stability of sandbags and wave runup as compared to uniform slopes. Measurements of...
Project Mixes Oil and Water
The Prudhoe Bay Seawater Treatment Plant was nominated for an OCEA award, for its potential to coax from Alaska's north slope 1 billion barrels of oil which otherwise would...
Investigation of Potential Detrimental Vibrational Effects Resulting from Blasting in Oilsand
Batang Ai?Transition Zone
The Batang Ai Dam in Sarawak includes two concrete faced rockfill embankments. The transition zone between the concrete face and the rockfill consisted of natural river gravels but some...
Seismic Design of Concrete Faced Rockfill Dams
The results of analytical studies of the stability of the slopes of concrete-faced rockfill dams under different levels of earthquake shaking are presented and used to propose desirable...
Reliability of Slopes Using Point Estimates Procedures
Seismic Safety Estimates for Earth Dams From Outcrossing Rates by Vector Response Processes
Probabilistic Seismic Sliding Deformations of Earth Dams and Slopes
Meander Behaviour in Relation to Slope Characteristics
Factors Influencing Crossing (Riffle) Depth
Stable River Alignment
Application of Methods of Probabilistic Characterization of Soil Properties
The use of probabilistic methods to describe soil properties has many applications. One such application that has been developed is in the area of probabilistic slope stability analysis....
In-Plane Composite Drains
Drainage of water from outside basement walls, behind retaining walls, or highway cut or fill slopes, has long been a problem. A common solution is the aggregate drain. Often, installation...
Case History: North Slope Alaska Hydraulic Dredging
Alaska's North Slope Borough, with the aid of dredging machinery consultant Michael Weston, and geotechnical consultant Rittenhouse-Zeman & Associates, has pioneered...
Sediment Recycling for Beach Nourishment, Sandy Hook, N.J.
Maintenance dredging of Ambrose and Sandy Hook Navigation Channels provided acceptable sand for nourishment of the critical zone at Sandy Hook, Gateway National Recreation Area, to protect...
Practicality of Advance Maintenance: Savannah Harbor
Advance maintenance of navigation channels can involve deepening, widening, side slope dredging, or a combination of these. Because advance maintenance in Savannah Harbor has only involved...
Applications of Point-Slope Reservoir Routing
The point-slope method of routing flood flow through a reservoir uses point functions rather than the time incremental functions of conventional methods. It can be used to give an accurate...
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