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  • TMS
    Co₂ Capture And Conversion Using A Cobalt (Iii) Schiff Base Complex As A Catalyst At Ambient Conditions

    By Jun Miao, Kang Liu, Jilai Xue, Jun Zhu

    CO2 emissions must be reduced by at least 50 % by 2050, and hence the technical solutions to capture and convert CO2 into value–added products should be considered. A Cobalt(III) Schiff base complex (

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    Qualitative And Mineralogical Characterization Of Lead Deposit In Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

    By Onwukamike, Onyedika G. O, Ogwuegbu M. O. C., K., Onyenehide C

    A detailed mineralogical and elemental characterization of a lead (Pb) ore deposit from Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria was carried out with XRD, SEM-EDX, and ICP-OES based mappingtechniques. The resul

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    The Application Of A Recent Thermodynamic Model For Coke Crystallites: Chemisorption Of Methyl Groups, Decomposition Of Natural Gas, And The Reduction Of Metal Oxides

    By Patrice Chartrand, Halvor Dalaker, Philippe Ouzilleau

    A size-dependant thermodynamical model for the carbon-hydrogen previously developed by Ouzilleau et al. [1] has been expanded here to include chemisorption of methyl groups. Gibbsenergy minimalisation

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    Adsorptive Removal Of Pb(Ii) From Aqueous Solution Using Raw And Wasted Low Grade Iron Ore With Phosphorus As Adsorbent

    By Jianguo Yin, Wenqiang Yang, Xiaoli Yuan, Juan An, Wentang Xia

    Low grade iron ore with phosphorus (LGIOWP), a raw and wasted industrial solid material was used as an adsorbent to remove Pb(II) from wastewater. The effects of initial pH value, adsorptive time, ini

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    Clinker Production From Waste: From Cellulose Industry And Processing Marble And Granite Industry

    By G. L. Pedroti

    With the development of industrial processes and the consequent emergence of numerous products that quickly become necessities, industrial activity has acquired an essential character today. Although

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    Evaluation Of Acid Treatment On Brown Bentonite

    By C. G. Bastos Andrade, V. F. Justo, F. R. Valenzuela-Diaz, M. G. S. Valenzuela, C. M. Matos, C. Volzone

    For industrial use, the smectite clays are usually treated with inorganic acid of high concentration at temperatures under boiling point, which provide the bentonite´s bleaching power. In the present

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Estimating Process Design Gold Extraction, Leach Residence Time and Cyanide Consumption for High Cyanide-Consuming Gold Ore

    By G. Plenge, M. Brittan

    "Plant design parameters for gold extraction, leach residence time and cyanide consumption are generally determined from standard bench-scale bottle roll or agitation leach tests. The application of l

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    A Case History – Termination of Pile in Rock Based on Penetration Resistance for a Bridge across River Mandovi in Goa

    By Akshay Sakhuja, M. S. Karthika, R. Vignesh

    "The bridge across River Mandovi in Goa is a cable stay bridge structure proposed parallel, along existing bridges for regulation and reduction of vehicular traffic; the entire bridge structure is sup

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Comparing The Bench Test and Field Test Results for the Deep Mixing at the Rio Puerto Nuevo Project in San Juan, PR

    By Filippo Maria Leoni, Wesley Schmutzler

    "Deep Mixing Method (DMM) for the Rio Puerto Nuevo Project in San Juan was chosen by the Corps of Engineers to improve the soils adjacent to a 90 inch forced sewer main relocation and to improve the s

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Comparison of LRFD Resistance Factors to Tension Pile Load Tests

    By Seth H. Hamblin, John E. Regan, Dimitrios Palantzas

    "Through reliability-based calibration of larger pile load test databases, recent developments of the Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methods, which include geotechnical load and resistance facto

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Comparison of Numerical Predictions Using P-Y Curves and Finite Element Analyses of Monopiles of Ocean Energy Converters under a Very Large Number of Low Amplitude Lateral Load Cycles

    By Deepak Pappusetty, Miguel A. Pando

    This study is motivated from the increased interest in recent years to explore use of Ocean Energy Converters (OEC’s).OEC’s can be tidal or generate electricity from wave or current action. Design of

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Construction of High Road Embankment over Thick Soft Silty Clay- A Case Study

    By R. Radhakrishnan, C. Gunasekaran

    "Calicut Bypass Phase-II project included construction of 7 m high embankment over soft compressible clays up to 18 m in thickness. Approx 1.5 km length of road out of a total 5 km length consisted of

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Deep Excavation for Loop Pit

    By Pathik Deb Mallik, Shyamal K. Mitra, Rajiv Kishore, Shuvranshu Rout, Manos De

    "This paper presents a case study on the design and construction of a deep underground pit structure constructed inside almost a century old existing plant building. The complexity and challenge for t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Deep Excavation Support – Shangri-La – Toronto

    By Brian Isherwood, Tara Brown, Paul Kreycir, Jenny Earle

    "The Shangri-La hotel and luxury condominium tower, recently opened on University Avenue in downtown Toronto, required eight levels of underground structure, four extending into the shale bedrock.Ishe

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Deep Excavation with Well Point Dewatering in Soft Soil

    By Mihir B. Roy

    "Coal transported by rail for Thermal Power Plant in Haldia, West Bengal, India, was to be received and stored in Coal Complex comprising of Wagon Tippler, Track Hopper, Junction Houses and network of

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Design Build & Failure: Perils at a High Risk Shoring and Retaining Wall Project.

    By Mark Spence, Tom Lardner, Matthew Janes

    "IntroductionThe design-build method streamlines project delivery through a single contract between the Contract manager and the design-build team. The design-build method places emphasis on collabora

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Design of Pile Foundation for Tall Railway Bridges in North-East India

    By Sumantra Sengupta

    "Northeast Frontier Railway (NF Railway) intends to connect Imphal, the capital of Manipur (bordering Myanmar) with Assam by railway link. They have planned a 125km long railway line that passes throu

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Ground Freezing Combined Method for Urban Tunnel Excavation

    By Filippo Mira-Cattò, Andrea M. R. Pettinaroli, Elena Rovetto

    "The construction of Powisle station of Metro Warsaw Line 2, in Poland, required the execution of two shafts next to an urban road tunnel adjacent to the Vistula River. The shafts were linked by three

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Guidelines for the Quantitative Description of Discontinuities for use in Discrete Fracture Network Modelling

    "Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modelling has increasingly being used in many geotechnical and mining engineering problems, the authors believe there is an ever greater demand to provide updated guid

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Estimation of Foundation Design Loads for Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreads Using Strain Wedge Method

    By Jogeshwar P. Singh, Mohamed Ashour

    The Soil-Foundation-Structure-Interaction (SFSI) problem involves Kinematic Soil- Foundation Interaction occurring during large (cyclic and permanent) ground deformations as well as Inertial Foundatio

    Jan 1, 2015