International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (2nd) Held in St. Louis, Missouri on June 1-5, 1988. Volume 3.

Abstract

Topics include: Case histories of geotechnical and hydrological management of solid, hazardous, and radioactive wastes; Failure of a transport tunnel below a dolomite stockpile; Case histories of dams, embankments, and slopes; Lessons learned from case history performance of earth dams, embankments, and natural slopes; Case studies on long-term settlement of soft clay ground; Tarbela Reservoir a question of induced seismicity; and The failure and the remedial construction of a containment dike on a lacustrine clay; Case histories of geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics; Dynamic response of an actual hammer foundation; Dynamic cross interaction effect on a compressor foundation on piles; Strengths backfigured from liquefaction case histories; and Observed and predicted natural frequency of a pile foundation; Case histories of soil structure interaction; Axial load capacities of steel pipe piles in sand; Stiffening cast-in-place piling by bottom grouting; A soil-structure interaction analysis of a damaged building; Driven pile foundations in coral sand, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Predictions and performance of piles under static and dynamic loads; Settlements in a masonary villa caused by trees; and ILLICON analysis of Ellingsrud test fill. (edc)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1989
Accession Number
ADA213997

Entities

People

  • Shamshear Prakash

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axial Loads
  • Case Studies
  • Dams
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Response
  • Earth Dams
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Lessons Learned
  • Radioactive Pollutants
  • Radioactive Wastes
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Soil Dynamics
  • Soil Structure Interactions

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
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