Soil Improvement by Mixing: Techniques and Performances

Soil Improvement By Microbiological Cementation

Beginning of the twentieth century, population growth, urbanization and industrialization has led to depletion of rapidly building areas. Accordingly, each passing day, the opening of the new construction sites has become mandatory. Among these newly opened areas, geotechnical aspects of construction from time to time in areas not suitable for construction and deployment was seen to improve the...

Organic Solar Cells Performances Improvement Induced by Interface Buffer Layers

Network Planning Using Iterative Improvement Methods and Heuristic Techniques

The problem of minimum-cost expansion of power transmission network is formulated as a genetic algorithm with the cost of new lines and security constraints and Kirchhoff’s Law at each bus bar included. A genetic algorithm (GA) is a search or optimization algorithm based on the mechanics of natural selection and genetics. An applied example is presented. The results from a set of tests carried ...

Site Remediation Using Soil Mixing Techniques on a Hazardous Waste Site: a Case History

Petroleum hydrocarbons had affected site soils at three separate locations over the estimated area of approximately 32,000 sq. ft. The depth of contamination varied from 3 feet in two areas to over 20 ft. in the area next to the retaining wall. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) concentrations ranged from less than 50 ppm up to 11,000 ppm with levels varying from the surface to the groundwater t...

Training techniques to improve endurance exercise performances.

In previously untrained individuals, endurance training improves peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), increases capillary density of working muscle, raises blood volume and decreases heart rate during exercise at the same absolute intensity. In contrast, sprint training has a greater effect on muscle glyco(geno)lytic capacity than on muscle mitochondrial content. Sprint training invariably raises the ...