An investigation was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a series of kindergarten through 12th grade �K–12� educational outreach activities related to civil engineering. In particular, a program called Soils Magic that contains a series of simple geotechnical engineering experiments was delivered in various formats to K–12 students. This paper provides an overview of the Soils Magic progra...

1 Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China 2 Institute of Structural Mechanics, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Marienstraße 15, D-99423 Weimar, Germany 3Division of Computational Mechanics, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam 4 School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 40...

See the difference. Use 3D models based on proven transportation engineering design with Bentley software. When building the 5.6 billion dollar Airport Link, Northern Busway and Airport Roundabout Upgrade project, the Parsons Brinckerhoff Arup Joint Venture team delivered the design and carried out the construction in record time. Using Bentley’s broad range of road, bridge, tunnel, geotechnica...

The theoretical basis of classic geotechnical engineering stability problems is limit analyis thereom. Incremental loading finite elements and strength reduction finite elements were put forward by Zienkiewicz in 1975 and the methods are called by the authors Limit Analysis Finite Elements (abbreviation LAFE for short). It has been successfully applied to slope engineering, and used to bearing ...

Geotechnical instruments are used widely as a complementary tool to geodetic methods in monitoring natural and man-made structures. This paper provides an overview of geotechnical instruments used in structural monitoring. The transducers commonly used in geotechnical instrumentation are first introduced. This is followed by an introduction of the various types of instruments including their wo...

fly ash is one of the most plentiful and versatile of the industrial by-products. at present, nearly 150 million tonnes of fly ash is being generated annually in india posing dual problem of environmental pollution and difficulty in disposal. this calls for establishing strategies to use the same effectively and efficiently. however, it is only in geotechnical engineering applications such as t...

A program based on Visual Basic for the auxiliary calculation and statistical analysis of geotechnical engineering index parameters is introduced in this paper. The application methods skills are illustrated with examples. This contains 10 main modules geotechnical, a total 23 different were integrated it. Through program, users only need to input original data tests projects plots, can quickly...

The void index is a relative quantity measuring the position of the current void ratio of a clay against the void ratios of the clay at two specific vertical effective stresses (i.e., σ v ′ = 100 kPa and σ v ′ =1000 kPa). Based on this concept, a simple systematic tool is proposed for estimating the compression behaviour of reconstituted clays over a wide range of stresses and water contents. F...

ca2 (continuum analysis, 2- dimensional) is a computer program developed by the author. ca2 can solve a variety of complex geotechnical problems using explicit finite difference method. in this paper, an introduction will be given to the theoretical and numerical basis of the program and the capability of the code will be shown by solving a few interesting nonlinear and transient problems. fina...

The mineral calcium sulphate transforms from anhydrite through bassanite to gypsum and then can convert back to bassanite and anhydrite. This transformation of calcium sulphate causes volume change that adds to the potential hazards with indigenous soils containing expansive clay minerals. Heave and settlement are the most important geotechnical problems associated with many argillaceous soils ...