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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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GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEM, INTERIM IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE (2011)
This manual outlines the state-of-the-art and recommended practice for designing and constructing Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) technology for the application of the Integrated Bridge System (IBS). The procedures presented in this manual are based on ...
Reference: Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-HRT-11-026, 2011
GEOTECHNICAL SAFETY IN RELATION TO WATER PRESSURES (2011)
<p>The paper references case histories of failures caused by water pressure and reviews the safety provisions related to water pressure in some existing geotechnical codes. It discusses the provisions of Eurocode 7 and the way they are currently being interpreted ...
Reference: ISGSR 2011 - Vogt, Schuppener, Straub & Bräu (eds) - © 2011 Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau
GROUND VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY DYNAMIC COMPACTION AND RAPID IMPACT COMPACTION (2011)
This paper presents results of ground vibrations measured on two projects where ground densification was performed with both conventional Dynamic Compaction, using a crane, and Rapid Impact Compaction using an excavator mounted hydraulic hammer rig. The gathered ...
Reference: 2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference
HYPERBOLIC P-Y MODEL FOR STATIC AND CYCLIC LATERAL LOADING DERIVED FROM FULL-SCALE LATERAL LOAD TESTING IN CEMENTED LOESS SOILS (2011)
A new hyperbolic model for generating P-Y curves is developed for use in lateral analyses of cemented soils (a C-φ soil with both cohesive intercept and friction angle), and includes degradation of the static loading soil response to model the effects of load ...
Reference: DFI Journal, the journal of the deep foundation institute, Vol. 5, Dec. 2011
IN-SITU AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS OF STRESS-DEPENDENT PERMEABILITY FUNCTION AND SDSWCC FROM AN UNSATURATED SOIL SLOPE (2011)
Permeability function of an unsaturated soil, k(\), where \ is suction, is a vital hydrogeological property that governs seepage in various geotechnical problems. Owing to considerably long test duration, direct measurement of k(\) is often avoided if at all ...
Reference: 5th Asia-Pacific conference on unsaturated soils, Pattaya, Thailand 14-15 November 2011
LANDSLIDE STABILIZATION USING DRILLED SHAFTS IN STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS (2011)
<p>One of the most common ways to stabilize the slope is to use the row of drilled shaft. The goal of this investigation is to introduce applicable methodology to calculate the factors of safety and force, on the shaft, in the static condition. By using the ...
Reference: A Dissertation Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron
LATERAL STRAIN DUE TO DRYING AND TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION OF UNSATURATED SOIL (2011)
The application of suction on a saturated soil specimen consolidated in an oedometer may cause the lateral shrinkage. This study tries to simulate such situation using triaxial testing apparatus and to quantify the lateral deformation due to drying and shearing. ...
Reference: 5th Asia-Pacific conference on unsaturated soils, Pattaya, Thailand 14-15 November 2011
NOVEL APPLICATIONS OF DISTRIBUTED FIBER-OPTIC SENSING IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (2011)
<p>In the last two decades, Brillouin distributed fiber-optic sensing has became a widely accepted, mature technology. On the other hand, geotechnical monitoring applications of this technology are still rare, as the fragile fiberoptic and the harsh soil environment ...
Reference: A dissertation submitted to ETH ZURICH for the degree of Doctor of Sciences presented by MICHAEL ITEN Dipl. Bau-Ing. ETH born January 26, 1978 citizen of Unterägeri ZG
OPTIMUM LAYOUT OF SOIL NAILED WALL BY GENETIC ALGORITHM (2011)
<p>An optimization process for soil-nails deployed for stabilization of slopes and trenches is presented in this article using the limit equilibrium approach. A number of factors such as inclination, length, size and spacing of the nails affect the stability ...
Reference: 5th Symposium on Advances in Science & Technology, 12-17 May 2011, India
OVERVIEW OF NCHRP DESIGN GUIDELINE FOR EPS-BLOCK GEOFOAM IN SLOPE STABILIZATION AND REPAIR (2011)
This paper presents an overview of the design guideline for the use of expanded polystyrene (EPS)-block geofoam for slope stabilization and repair applications based on the results of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 24-11(02). ...
Reference: 4 th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications (EPS 2011 Norway) June 6-8, 2011