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For a practical approach in routine site characterizations, the minimal standard of work should be seismic piezocone tests (SCPTu) or seismic flat dilatometer tests (SDMT), as up to 5 separate measurements of soil behavior are captured during a single sounding. ...
Reference: "Proc. 17th Intl. Conf. Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 4, Egypt, 2009"
<p>The current paper aims at presenting the liquefaction potential assessment of Chandigarh city on the basis of local geology, seismotectonics and geotechnical variances. A data of about 200+ bore holes comprising the geotechnical information along with the ...
Reference: A Workshop on microzonation, 26–27th June, 2007, Bangalore
Only a few rockfall simulation models take into account the mitigating effect of existing forest cover. The objective of our study was to improve the generic rockfall simulation model RockyFor, which does take the effect of forest stands into account, thereby ...
Filed under: Rock Mechanics -  Rock Falls
Reference: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 6, 145–153, 2006
At the scale of forest stands, there is a lack of quantitative, statistically valid data on the protective effect of forests against rockfall. Therefore, the first objective of this study was to quantify the velocities, rebound heights as well as the residual ...
Filed under: Rock Mechanics -  Rock Falls
Reference: Forest Ecology and Management 215 (2005) 183–195
 
<p>One of the most common measurements used for quality control of earthfill placement is compacted density. The use of density testing for the control of fill placement and as a key indicator that material placed will meet specified parameters has broad application ...
Reference: Portland Cement Association