Field evaluation of advanced methods of geotechnical instrumentation for transit tunneling : final report /

Performed by Bechtel Civil and Minerals, Inc. and Haley & Aldrich, Inc. under contract to the Transportation Systems Center.

Transcript of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography governmentwide meeting : May 20, 1987, Auditorium U.S. Geological Survey.

"May 20, 1987."

Evaluation of test methods and use criteria for geotechnical fabrics in highway applications /

Mode of access: Internet.

The map, XV-XVIII centuries; an exhibition illustrating the history of cartography from the collection of Frederick B. Artz.

"Five hundred copies ... printed."

Geological-Geotechnical studies for siting the superconducting super collider in Illinois : results of drilling large-diameter test holes in 1986 /

Bibliography: p. 42-44.

Geological-geotechnical studies for siting the superconducting super collider in Illinois : results of the 1986 test drilling program /

Bibliography: p. 106-107.

Application of Two-Phase Regression to Geotechnical Data

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 62F10, 62J05, 62P30

Geotechnical properties of the Cassino Beach mud

Knowledge of the marine soils properties, together with hydrodynamic and climatic data, plays an important role for a better understanding of the dynamic behavior of sandy and muddy coasts. This paper deals with reporting and basic interpretation of two campaigns of exploration and characterization of the mud of Cassino Beach, southern Brazil, carried out during the years of 2004 and 2005. Samples were obtained by means of cores collected at some locations offshore, and were submitted to various laboratory geotechnical tests, including determination of the physical index, grain size distribution, Atterberg limits, and shear resistance by both triaxial and shear vane tests. Results confirm the existence of a very soft soil deposit offshore Cassino Beach, highly plastic, compressible, and viscous, forming an important database for further studies.

GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF STEEL SLAG IN EMBANKMENTS

Steel slag is a byproduct of iron and steel production by the metallurgical industries. Annually, 21 million tons of steel slag is produced in the United States. Most of the slag is landfilled, which represents a significant economic loss and a waste of valuable land space. Steel slag has great potential for the construction of highway embankments; however, its use has been limited due to its high swelling potential and alkalinity. The swelling potential of steel slags may lead to deterioration of the structural stability of highways, and high alkalinity poses an environmental challenge as it affects the leaching behavior of trace metals. This study seeks a methodology that promotes the use of steel slag in highway embankments by minimizing these two main disadvantages. Accelerated swelling tests were conducted to evaluate the swelling behavior of pure steel slag and water treatment residual (WTR) treated steel slag, where WTR is an alum-rich by-product of drinking water treatment plants. Sequential batch tests and column leach tests, as well as two different numerical analyses, UMDSurf and WiscLEACH, were carried out to check the environmental suitability of the methods. Tests were conducted to study the effect of a common borrow fill material that encapsulated the slag in the embankment and the effects of two subgrade soils on the chemical properties of slag leachate. The results indicated that an increase in WTR content in the steel slag-WTR mixtures yields a decrease in pH and most of the leached metal concentrations, except aluminum. The change in the levels of pH, after passing through encapsulation and subgrade, depends on the natural pHs of materials.