Rockfalls frequently occur in Alpine areas, creating serious risks to population and buildings; the protection measures against rockfalls cannot be adequately designed unless the comprehensive understanding of rockfall phenomenon. Some experimental rockfall ...

<p>In this paper results of experimental field tests carried out on a scree slope, located in Northern Italy, are presented. On Alpine talus cones the motion of blocks is typically characterized by impacts and rebounds, which in modelling are described using ...

<p>In situ heating test was conducted in an underground cavern at a depth of 50m for the purpose of improving thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled analysis code, and numerical results were compared with measured results. The comparison between numerical and measured ...

This paper describes the lab and in situ site characterization works performed. In order to characterize as accurately as possible these marls, different levels in depth have been distinguished.

The responses of the individual base and side components of O-cell load tests on drilled shaft foundations can be evaluated within an elastic continuum framework using results from seismic piezocone tests (SCPTu). The SCPTu is an optimal means for collection ...

<p>In this paper an analysis of in situ rock mass modulus measurements for a wide range of rock types from China and Taiwan has resulted in two new equations for estimating rock mass deformation modulus.</p>

This paper reports an analysis procedure for the evaluation of the features of the motion of blocks detaching from a steep rock wall and traveling down the slope below. Starting from the execution of real scale rock fall tests, carried out on two slopes having ...

The flat plate dilatometer test (DMT) is well-recognized for its ability to calculate settlements of shallow foundations in a practical manner in soil types ranging from sand to silt to clay. Within the Piedmont physiographic province, an equivalent method ...

The National Geotechnical Experimentation Site at Opelika, Alabama is underlain by residual silts and sands derived from the weathering of schist and gneiss of the Piedmont Geologic Province. Site characterization by in-situ tests has included anextensive ...

The proposed approach combines geomechanical characterization, with the results of in situ testing, and back analysis. Especially for in situ testing, a new method is developed for obtaining in an efficient and economic manner specimens of weak rocks. The ...