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Deep Mixing for Levee Repair at Hurricane Protection Project, P-17A, Louisiana, USA
By Peter Cali, David Yang, Rakshya Shrestha, Ralph Griffin, Sushil Kafle, Motoji Watanabe
"As a part of the ‘US Army Corps of Engineers - New Orleans to Venice, Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project’, deep mixing ground improvement was designed to reinforce the soft ground for the emergen
Jan 1, 2015
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Session 17 "Grout for Enhancement of Piles and Piers"
By Dennis Wrixon
It was a little bit exceeded. The decision was the uniform settlement is measured at each one corner and the highest one corner is the important one. And in addition there is a differential settlement
Feb 10, 2003
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Monitoring Auger Cast in Place Pile Construction and Testing in Hard Clay (c1a730a8-7e87-4cd7-85b2-336e4f7995da)
By Onur Guvener, Kalaiarasi Vembu, C. Vipulanandan
"Installation procedure and the quality of the material used in the construction have significant effects on the behavior of the Auger Cast in Place (ACIP) piles. In this study, Installation and curin
Jan 1, 2017
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A New Type Of Wave Equation Analysis Program
By Don C. Warrington
This paper describes a new wave equation analysis program called ZWAVE, which is a program specifically for external combustion hammers. The program is de-scribed in detail, the discussion dealing wit
Jan 1, 1988
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Dynamic Analysis of a Base-Isolated Bridge, Seattle, Washington
By Greg Nutson, Jeremy Butkovich, Bill Perkins, Hollie Ellis, Paul Bott
"Dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI) analyses are becoming more common in bridge designs, especially in seismically active areas. Because of its proximity to two active fault zones, the Evergree
Jan 1, 2017
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Gordie Howe International Bridge Foundations - Drilled Shaft Construction in Challenging Detroit Limestone
By Jim Glider, Noah Miner
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a project to build a cable-stayed bridge and border crossing across the Detroit River. With a span length of 2,800-ft (853.4 meters), the Gordie Howe Internatio
Sep 8, 2021
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Wet Soil Mixing For Foundation Support and Liquefaction Hazard Mitigation for the Ventura Cancer Center
By Thang V. Nguyen, Lisheng Shao, Gary E. Taylor
"The Community Memorial Hospital of Ventura, California, proposed to build a new state-of-the-art Cancer Treatment Center with radiation shielding walls and roof. The loose silty soils at the site had
Jan 1, 2015
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Slurry Trench Design and Construction in Difficult Conditions
By Peter Deming
"PART 2 OF 2 (CONTINUED FROM SUMMER 2006 EDITION) CONSTRUCTION ISSUES (cont’d) The Influence of Ground Conditions on Collapse Sand and gravel strata provide frictional resistance to support active ear
Jan 1, 2006
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Metro Sao Paulo, Line 5, Five Shaft Diaphragm Wall for Brooklin Station
By Dario Libano, Franz-Werner Gerressen
"Diaphragm walls are known as underground structural elements commonly used for retention systems and permanent foundation walls or elements. Of course they can also be used as deep groundwater barrie
Jan 1, 2017
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Frustum Confining Vessel (FCV) For Investigation of Deep Foundation Performance
By Abolfazl Eslami, Masoud Zare, Ali Asadi, Ali Abrang
"Physical small scale models for study of deep foundations can be performed in simple chambers (1g), calibration chambers (CC), and centrifuge apparatus (ng) which involve some limitations and difficu
Jan 1, 2015
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Soil Improvement in Marina Coastal Expressway Project (C485) with Cement Deep Mixing (CDM) Method
By Yoshinori Kurumada, Tatsuo Nagatsu, Keiji Uchida
"Cement deep mixing method has been utilized in the process of construction of an underwater tunnel in Singapore. The soil was improved by this method to prevent undesirable heaving of the soil below
Jan 1, 2015
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Best Practices for Soil Mixing Near Sensitive Structures
By Joseph A. Mann
"Soil mixing is a proven solution for the construction of ground improvement adjacent to sensitive structures due to the use of computer controlled and monitored equipment. The precision to which geom
Jan 1, 2015
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Mansueto Library: Drama below Ground and Above
By Patrick J. Lydon, Gregory A. Terri
"The recently opened Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago campus was a 2012 OPA runner-up. The dramatic elliptical shaped dome of this structure tells only part of this structure’s story. The
Jan 1, 2013
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Construction of a Very Flexibility, Impermeable, Bituminous Membrane Seepage Barrier, to Connect an Existing Concrete Dam Structure to a Newly Constructed Abutment Cut-Off Wall
By Brian Wilson, Megan Atkinson, Richard Diggle, Nathan Sweeney
"Ruskin Dam, located near Mission, British Columbia, was constructed in 1929 and 1930 and comprises of a concrete gravity dam structure founded on bedrock. At the right abutment, which consists mostly
Jan 1, 2017
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Investigation and Design for Large Drilled Shaft Foundations in Southwest Arizona
By John C. Tosh, Peter M. Kandaris, Sheldon John
Geologic, geotechnical and hydrologic studies were performed for the design of 115 deep, large diameter drilled shaft reinforced concrete foundations (6 to 12 feet) to support tall steel monopoles for
Sep 8, 2021
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Removal of the Former San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Foundation Caisson E3 by Mechanical Means and Explosives
By Michael Gebman, Jack Gerwick
"With the opening of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span, the former bridge and its caisson foundations are being demolished. Caisson foundations are in the path of a future shipping ch
Jan 1, 2016
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Piled Foundations for the New Wembley Stadium, London
By Anthony L. Reynolds, Clifford J. Wren
"The adoption of a significant pile testing regime, the use of Eurocode 7 as the design standard, the development of lean construction techniques, and lateral thinking in overcoming some considerable
Jan 1, 2005
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Rehabilitation of the Kölnbrein Dam / Austria
By Frank Haehnig, Kurt Kogler
"With a height of 200 m, a crown width of 626 m and a concrete volume of 1.6 million m³, the Kölnbrein Dam in the upper Malta valley in Carinthia / Austria is the largest concrete dam in Austria. Boas
Jan 1, 2016
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Earth Pressure Distribution On Diaphragm Wall During Excavation
By Ting Chinsu
Diaphragm wall with tie-back cable is widely used for deep excavation, especially in the area with high density of buildings. This paper presents the measured earth pressure distribution on diaphragm
Jan 1, 1991