The objective in this experimental programme was to monitor microseismic activity at field scale in the same way that acoustic emission (AE) are monitored at sample scale, noting that the temporal variation of the AE level (or cumulated level) appears to be ...

<div style="text-align: left;">After a brief review of a number of developments of unsaturated soil mechanics, the paper presents some applications to engineering problems. The first case involves the collapse of a residual soil in <div style="text-align: ...

We monitored the displacement and seismic activity of an unstable vertical rock slice in a natural limestone cliff of the southeast Vercors massif, southeast France, during the months preceding its collapse. Displacement measurements showed an average acceleration ...

The Bolu Tunnels lie along Trans European Motorway (TEM) which is connecting Eastern Europe with the Middle East. The tunnels are approximately 3.0 km long, 40 m apart and have excavated cross sections more than 200 m2. In construction, New Austrian Tunneling ...

During a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) project in Kunming city, Southwestern China the engineering geological conditions encountered at a distance of 7km consisted of folded, faulted, weak rocks, high ground stress and groundwater problems. The problems of collapse, ...

We analyse the statistical pattern of seismicity before a 1-2 10³m³ chalk cliff collapse on the Normandie ocean shore, Western France. We show that a power law acceleration of seismicity rate and energy in both 40 Hz-1.5 kHz and 2 Hz-10kHz ...

This report, FEMA-351 has been developed by the SAC Joint Venture under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide structural engineers with recommended criteria for evaluation of the probable performance of existing steel moment-frame ...

This paper mainly concentrates on experience from the first group listed,<br>where swelling minerals are associated with weakness zones or gouges, that are faults, seams, leather joints, crushed rocks or other discontinuities. The experience of the authors ...