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The focus of Soil Mechanics is the understanding of soil behavior, construction with soils, on and in soils, the use of soils as construction material etc. Soil mechanics is a branch of civil engineering that has witnessed an enormous developement during the twentieth century.All aspects of soil mechanics and soil engineering are included in this section covering a wide range of engineering issues such as soil compaction, soil foundation, soil improvement, soil behavior, soil reinforcement etc. 
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BACK-ANALYSIS OF PREEXISTING LANDSLIDES (2011)
Drained residual shear strength is applicable to slopes containing preexisting shear surfaces and preexisting landslides. Laboratory ring shear testing by various researchers suggest the possibility of strength gain along preexisting shear surfaces which had ...
Reference: Proceedings of Specialty Conf. GEO-FRONTIERS 2011, ASCE, Dallas, TX, March, 2011, pp. 3659-3668.
BENEFITS AND COST ADVANTAGES OF FABRICATED GEOMEMBRANES (2011)
The use of fabricated geomembranes can facilitate installation of a containment system, closure cell, final cover system, sports turf barrier, floating cover, e.g., over a leachate pond to reduce precipitation and leachate volume, pond liners, e.g., stormwater ...
Reference: SUBMITTED for review and possible publication in GEOSYNTHETICS Magazine February 17, 2011
CAPACITY VERSUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS FOR DESIGN OF FOOTINGS AND PILED FOUNDATIONS (2011)
The paper presents the findings to reaffirm the principle that design of a piled foundation requires the analysis of the interaction between load transfer, soil settlement and pile toe load movement response.
Reference: Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA Vol. 42, No. 2, 2011
CASE HISTORY: FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE, ST. LOUIS (2011)
This case history describes the foundation design and construction for the New Mississippi River Bridge, presently under construction in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1,500 ft (457.2 m) main span of the cable-stayed bridge is supported by two delta tower pylons ...
Reference: DFI Journal, The journal of the deep foundation institute, Vol. 5, Dec. 2011
COLLAPSE OF BRACED EXCAVATION IN SINGAPORE (2011)
After the collapse of the subway excavation in the Nicoll Highway, extensive in-situ investigations were carried out to identify causes of the accident. The results of detailed studies disclosed that lack of toe-in depth of the diaphragm wall into the stiff ...
Reference: International Symposium on Backward Problems in geotechnical Engineering TC302-Osaka 2011
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF GEOGRID REINFORCED SOIL FOUNDATION AND GEOGRID REINFORCED BASE IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT (2011)
The objectives of this study are to investigate and evaluate the benefits of inclusion of geogrids in two types of geosynthetic reinforced soil/aggregate structures—reinforced soil foundations (RSF) and reinforced base aggregate in flexible pavements, ...
Reference: Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In The Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering
CONSTRUCTABILITY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN DESIGNING DRILLED SHAFT FOUNDATIONS FOR BRIDGES (2011)
Construction issues when using drilled shafts for bridge foundations
Reference: Geo-Strata, May-June 2011
DELAYED INCREASE IN CONE PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF SAND AFTER DYNAMIC COMPACTION (2011)
Among soil improvement techniques used to increase strength of loose and<br>medium-dense sand deposits are the dynamic means, such as vibrocompaction and blasting. Sands often exhibit a drop in cone penetration resistance immediately after the disturbance, ...
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DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL LOAD AND TRUE SHAFT RESISTANCE FOR A DRIVEN INSTRUMENTED TEST PILES (2011)
The paper reports the measurements and analyses and indicates the method for determining the residual load, the strain - dependent modulus of the test piles and the actual load distribution in the test piles.
Reference: "Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4., pp. 583-598"
FIELD PERFORMANCE OF FULLY GROUTED PIEZOMETERS (2011)
<p>In the 19th century the Adige River (Northern Italy) was straightened to prevent flooding and to allow the building of the Verona-Brenner railway by the construction of embankments. At present the river flows between embankments for about 140 km and occasionally ...
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