Discontinuity Nomenclature and Its Significance in Geotechnics
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DOI: 10.1007/s10706-019-00984-0
Abstract: The trinity of the water-discontinuity-clay is the main cause behind most geotechnical problems involving rock slopes. The water molecule is unique to have a dipole property and is a common reactant in numerous chemical reactions.… read more here.
Keywords: geotechnics; geology; discontinuity nomenclature; discontinuity ... See more keywords
Adsorbed complex and laboratory geotechnics of Quarry Dust (QD) stabilized lateritic soils
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2018.04.005
Abstract: Abstract The effect of ordinary Portland cement, OPC+Quarry Dust, QD on the adsorbed moisture, diffused double layer (DDL), dielectric constant, density and repulsion potential (RP) of treated lateritic soil was investigated through laboratory tests. The… read more here.
Keywords: adsorbed complex; quarry dust; geotechnics; soil ... See more keywords
Analysis of the impacts of hydrology, soil properties, and geotechnics on gully propagation on the Edda-Afikpo Mesas of the Lower Cross River watershed (southeastern Nigeria)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.104074
Abstract: Abstract The effects of hydrology, soil structure, and geotechnics on soil loss and gully propagation on the Edda-Afikpo Mesas (southeastern Nigeria) were assessed by field studies, laboratory soil analyses, and GIS modeling.The study was carried… read more here.
Keywords: hydrology; propagation edda; geotechnics; hydrology soil ... See more keywords
Review of soil compaction: History and recent developments
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2018.09.006
Abstract: Abstract Compaction of soils is a major construction activity in civil engineering, and particularly in the transport industry. This paper presents a brief historical account of soil compaction development with special emphasis on transport geotechnics.… read more here.
Keywords: compacted soil; soil compaction; recent developments; geotechnics ... See more keywords
From geopolitics to geotechnics: global futures in the shadow of automation, cunning machines, and human speciation
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DOI: 10.1177/0047117820948582
Abstract: This exploration provides an alternative future to that offered in the discussions surrounding what is often referred to by the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ or the ‘third offset’. I argue that even modest projections of existing… read more here.
Keywords: futures shadow; geotechnics; global futures; cunning machines ... See more keywords
Problems in environmental geotechnics
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DOI: 10.1680/envgeo.13.00117
Abstract: Environmental geotechnics is commonly confused with geoenvironmental engineering, and the two fields are often regarded as the same. The former consists of an adjective, ‘environmental’, and a noun, ‘geotechnics’. Environmental geotechnics may be defined as… read more here.
Keywords: engineering; geotechnics problems; geotechnics; environmental geotechnics ... See more keywords
A bounding surface model of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments
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DOI: 10.1680/jenge.19.00060
Abstract: Gas hydrates are a very promising energy source, but its exploitation also faces some challenges in marine geotechnics. The dissociation and formation of hydrates can significantly change the mecha... read more here.
Keywords: bounding surface; geotechnics; gas; gas hydrate ... See more keywords
Energy Geotechnics and Geostructures
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DOI: 10.3390/en16083534
Abstract: Continuous global economic and population growth has driven the ever-increasing demand for energy [...] read more here.
Keywords: energy geotechnics; geotechnics; geotechnics geostructures; energy ... See more keywords
Application of material from used car tyres in geotechnics—an environmental impact analysis
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9546
Abstract: This work begins with a literature-based discussion of the hazardous-waste problem represented by car tyres as hazardous waste, along with possible ways in which they might be utilised or managed. The impact of the material… read more here.
Keywords: water; material used; geotechnics; car tyres ... See more keywords